Chords with lyrics
Key: G minorGm
๐ค Intro:
Eb5Eb5 Bb5Bb5 F5F5
Weโre keeping the kingdom free!
๐ค Verse 1:
G minorGm Eb5Eb5
As an archduke falls and the battle horn calls
F5F5 G minorGm
Our lives would never be the same
Bb5Bb5 C5C5 G minorGm F5F5
We were looking down the barrel of a gun
G minorGm Eb5Eb5
Now the war has come and the battle has begun
F5F5 G minorGm
We are desperate and overrun
Bb5Bb5 C5C5 G minorGm F5F5
To the war drum weโll be marching until itโs done
Eb5Eb5 F5F5 D5D5 G minorGm F5F5
Lead the way, we will follow into the fray
Eb5Eb5 F5F5 D5D5 D5D5 C5C5 Bb5Bb5 A minorAm
We will hold the line we will not be led astray
๐ค Chorus:
G minorGm Bb5Bb5 F5F5
For king and for country we, are flooding the river
G minorGm Eb5Eb5 Bb5Bb5
Our stand at Yser will be, the end of the race to the sea
G minorGm Bb5Bb5 F5F5
The last piece of Belgium is free, weโre keeping a sliver
G minorGm C5C5 D5D5 G minorGm
A augmentedA cog in the war machine
October of 1914
๐ค Verse 2:
G minorGm Eb5Eb5
As our foe draws forth we are moving on north
F5F5 G minorGm
We will never let them have it all
Bb5Bb5 C5C5 G minorGm F5F5
Thereโs a price for freedom paid by Belgiumโs sons
Bb5Bb5 F5F5
They may take our towns, they may conquer our grounds
Eb5Eb5 F5F5
Weโll defend the nation and the crown
G minorGm Eb5Eb5 F5F5 D5D5
Weโll uphold our independence with our guns
Eb5Eb5 F5F5 D5D5 G minorGm F5F5
All the way, on to triumph or to judgement day
Eb5Eb5 F5F5 D5D5 D5D5 C5C5 Bb5Bb5 A minorAm
We will follow and we will not be led astray
๐ค Chorus:
G minorGm Bb5Bb5 F5F5
For king and for country we, are flooding the river
G minorGm Eb5Eb5 Bb5Bb5
Our stand at Yser will be, the end of the race to the sea
G minorGm Bb5Bb5 F5F5
The last piece of Belgium is free, weโre keeping a sliver
G minorGm C5C5 D5D5 G minorGm
A augmentedA cog in the war machine
October of 1914
๐ค Solo:
G minorGm Eb5Eb5 F5F5 G minorGm
Bb5Bb5 C5C5 G minorGm F5F5
Bb5Bb5 F5F5 C5C5 G minorGm
Bb5Bb5 F5F5 D5D5 C5C5 Bb5Bb5 A5A5
G minorGm
๐ค Bridge:
G minorGm
See a king and a soldier
G minorGm
Fighting shoulder to shoulder
G minorGm F5F5
See a king and a soldier
G minorGm F5F5
Fighting shoulder to shoulder
C5C5 Bb5Bb5
He overruled his commanders
C5C5 Bb5Bb5
He made a last stand in Flanders
Eb5Eb5 Bb5Bb5
We see our king and a soldier
Eb5Eb5 Bb5Bb5
Iheyโre fighting shoulder to shoulder
Eb5Eb5 Bb5Bb5 C5C5
To keep the last piece of Belgium free
Eb5Eb5 F5F5 D5D5 G minorGm F5F5
All the way, on to triumph or to judgement day
Eb5Eb5 F5F5 D5D5 D5D5 C5C5 Bb5Bb5 A minorAm
We will follow and we will not be led astray
๐ค Chorus:
G minorGm Bb5Bb5 F5F5
For king and for country we, are flooding the river
G minorGm Eb5Eb5 Bb5Bb5
Our stand at Yser will be, the end of the race to the sea
G minorGm Bb5Bb5 F5F5
The last piece of Belgium is free, weโre keeping a sliver
G minorGm C5C5 D5D5 G minorGm
A augmentedA cog in the war machine
October of 1914
G minorGm Bb5Bb5 F5F5
For king and for country we, are flooding the river
G minorGm Eb5Eb5 Bb5Bb5
Our stand at Yser will be, the end of the race to the sea
D5D5
Weโre free!
G minorGm Bb5Bb5 F5F5
For king and for country we are flooding the river
G minorGm C5C5 D5D5 G minorGm
No more of our country lost, the line will be held at all cost