Battle Hymns chords by The Nightwatchman

Capo 3rd Fret (chords not lined up perfectly)

D minor F
Battle hymns for the broken
B flat A minor
Battle hymns for the misled
C A
Battle hymns for the wretched
D minor
The forgotten and the dead
D minor F
Battle hymns of redemption
B flat A minor
Of solidarity and pride
C A
Battle hymns we will be singing
D minor
At the turning of the tide

D minor F C

D minor
Can you explain to the mothers
F
And the fathers of those
C
Who come riding home in coffins
D minor
In their military clothes
D minor
Shiny medals pinned
F
To their dead teenage chests
C
While the trumpets blare
D minor
And you lie your best
D minor
So ask all you want
F
From the dusk til the dawn
C
The answer's still no
D minor
Cause brother I'm gone
D minor F
Battle hymns for the broken
B flat A minor
Battle hymns for the misled
C A
Battle hymns for the wretched
D minor
The forgotten and the dead
D minor F
Battle hymns of redemption
B flat A minor
Of solidarity and pride
C A
Battle hymns we will be singing
D minor
At the turning of the tide
F C A
Can you explain away the sleight of hand
A minor
And the criminality
C
Of spending souls for oil
D minor
Well in the mirror I can see
D minor
I am the path that leads down
F
I am a dark and bloody hall
C
I'm the reaper, executioner
D minor
Hangman, judge, and the law
D minor
So tie a yellow ribbon
F
Round the oak tree on the lawn
C
But the cavalry's not comin'
D minor
Cause brother they're gone
D minor F
Battle hymns for the broken
B flat A minor
Battle hymns for the misled
C A
Battle hymns for the wretched
D minor
The forgotten and the dead
D minor F
Battle hymns of redemption
B flat A minor
Of solidarity and pride
C A
Battle hymns we will be singing
D minor
At the turning of the tide
F C A
So I'm sharpening my shovel
A minor
I'm firing the kiln
C
I'm blind and I am purposeful
D minor
A martyr on the hill
D minor
The dream you might be dreaming
F
Might be someone else's dream tonight
C
I'm the whisperer of misgivings
D minor
I'm the fading tail light
D minor
I'm the call for retribution
F
From the back of the smoke filled hall
C
I'm the vow of bitterness
D minor
I'm the poison in the well
D minor
I've a photographic memory
F
Of the deeds I will avenge
C
I'm the cold in the river hollow
D minor
I've a hatpin, I've a plan
D minor
I don't care of cause or consequence
F
Head shaved and body lean
C
I'm the go getter, the score settler
D minor
I'm the shadow on the green
D minor
There's a flock of blackbirds flying
F
Nearly ten thousand strong
C
Who set off this morning
D minor
And brother they're gone
D minor F
Battle hymns for the broken
B flat A minor
Battle hymns for the misled
C A
Battle hymns for the wretched
D minor
The forgotten, for the dead
D minor F
Battle hymns of redemption
C A
Of solidarity and pride
D minor
Battle hymns we will be singing
D minor
At the turning of the tide