Chords with lyrics
Intro:
A minorAm C majorC G+G FF
Verse 1:
A minorAm E7E7
We shall let our songs drown
A minorAm
The rattle of the train
E7E7
And the roaring of the crowd
A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm
We shall wet our throat with sticky dark wine
E7E7
And toast this blood wedding so fine
A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm
To new horizons! to a new dawn!
E7E7
To a new and reckless generosity!
A minorAm E7E7
For this our land of the free
A minorAm E7E7
We shall win, die or betray and turn
Chorus:
A minorAm C majorC
Swords to rust - hearts to dust
G+G
In vain to write our name
FF
In blood and in flowers of flame
A minorAm C majorC
Swords to rust - hearts to dust
G+G
All blind and gone astray
FF
Our envy green as may
Verse 2:
A minorAm E7E7
All smothered in wild flowers
A minorAm E7E7
We break the windows to breathe
A minorAm E7E7
That golden dawn is ours
A minorAm E7E7
For tonight hesitation is on leave
A minorAm E7E7
To wear god down
A minorAm
To flatten him out
E7E7
To pray to no other
A minorAm E7E7
To parley with death
A minorAm
To bury the crown
E7E7
To silence all lovers
We shall turn
Chorus:
A minorAm C majorC
Swords to rust - hearts to dust
G+G
In vain to write our name
FF
In blood and in flowers of flame
A minorAm C majorC
Swords to rust - hearts to dust
G+G
All blind and gone astray
FF
Our envy green as may
interlude:
N.C.
Schwerter zu rost herzen zu staub!
N.C.
Dennoch die schwerter halten
N.C.
Dennoch die herzen spalten
Chorus:
A minorAm C majorC
Swords to rust - hearts to dust
G+G
In vain to write our name
FF
In blood and in flowers of flame
A minorAm C majorC
Swords to rust - hearts to dust
G+G
All blind and gone astray
FF
Our envy green as may
A minorAm C majorC
Swords to rust - hearts to dust
G+G
In vain to write our name
FF
In blood and in flowers of flame
A minorAm C majorC
Swords to rust - hearts to dust
G+G
All blind and gone astray
FF
Our envy green as may