There Was A Time chords by Tom Paxton

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Verse 1:
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There was a time when cannons roared.
    C majorC       DmDm
Bugles sang a song of war.
C majorC      DmDm   C majorC   FF
And nations rose to win or die.
        C majorC         DmDm
They shook the earth with battle cries.



Chorus:
DmDm    FF     C majorC    DmDm
And I can hear their spirits cry.
      FF   C majorC   DmDm
This was a cruel way to die.
DmDm     FF    C majorC   DmDm
The spirits of these fallen men
     FF    C majorC     DmDm
Remind us of what might have been.

Verse 2:
DmDm C majorC   DmDm   C majorC     FF
The cities fell in smoke and flames.
       C majorC          DmDm
And children cried their mothers' names.
  C majorC    DmDm    C majorC    FF
And nations died and were no more.
      C majorC        DmDm
The victors were the gods of war.

Chorus:
DmDm    FF     C majorC    DmDm
And I can hear their spirits cry.
      FF   C majorC   DmDm
This was a cruel way to die.
DmDm     FF    C majorC   DmDm
The spirits of these fallen men
     FF    C majorC     DmDm
Remind us of what might have been.

Verse 3:
DmDm  C majorC     DmDm    C majorC    FF
They left their homes and went to war
      C majorC        DmDm
And died up-on some foreign shore.
   C majorC     DmDm    C majorC     FF
Their sons grew tall and soon were men
C majorC         DmDm
And bugles sang their songs a-gain.

Chorus:
DmDm    FF     C majorC    DmDm
And I can hear their spirits cry.
      FF   C majorC   DmDm
This was a cruel way to die.
DmDm     FF    C majorC   DmDm
The spirits of these fallen men
     FF    C majorC     DmDm
Remind us of what might have been.