History Boys chords by Nerina Pallot

Intro:
A   E7   Bm   A   x2


Verse:

A   E7 Bm    A
Six million souls

F#m        Dmaj7
Lost to thin air

    Bmadd11               E
Are wandering the earth again

               A   Asus4   A   Asus4
Lives, not numbers

Verse:

A    E7   Bm  A
All these ghosts

F#m    Dmaj7
Sons of mothers

Bm               E
History's empty arms

     Edim                   D
It's just one thing after another

     Bm                 E        A   Asus2   A   Asus2
And slowly we follow behind our boys


Verse:

A   E7  Bm    A
One day I'll have

F#m          Dmaj7
A child of my own

Bm                   E
How will I tell him, oh

      Edim                       D
"This world, this world it is a good place"?

Bm                   E            A   Asus4   A   Asus4
How will I hide the fear from my face?


Instrumental:
A
F#m    Dmaj7
Bm   E
A   Asus4   A   Asus4


Verse:

A   E7 Bm   A
How do you sleep

F#m                Dmaj7
With all that you've done?

        B                E
Sending somebody else's son

   Edim                     D
To die for things no one believes in

   Bm                 E
Saluting your own charade

                                   A
As we line up in this heartless parade
E7   Bm   Asus4

A