The Courier chords by Richard Shindell

Chords with lyrics

Richard Shindell - The Courier


CAPO: 2nd Fret


INTRO: E minorEm C majorC

      E minorEm  C majorC
I am a courier
        E minorEm  C majorC
Crawling in the dirt
           D MajorD
Toward the front line
         E minorEm
As the crow flies
           C majorC
A augmentedA note stashed in my shirt
          E minorEm   C majorC
From the Prince of Wales
       E minorEm   C majorC
Far above the field
         D MajorD
With his marshals
           E minorEm
And their chain-mail
            C majorC   G+G
Their banners taut and high

              D MajorD      E minorEm
I did not ask him what the note said
           C majorC
He did not offer to explain
              D MajorD     C majorC
It's not my job to ask the questions
         E minorEm C majorC
I'm just the courier
         E minorEm C majorC
I'm just the courier


           E minorEm  C majorC
A augmentedA flare shot leaves a scar
        E minorEm  C majorC
Burning in the dark
        D MajorD
On my forearms
            E minorEm
Through the barbed wire
           C majorC
Another fifty yards
         E minorEm   C majorC
Crouching in the trench
       E minorEm  C majorC
Clutching bayonets
        D MajorD
A augmentedA hundred men
         E minorEm
All knee-to-chest
        C majorC    G+G
A augmentedA hundred marionettes

               D MajorD      E minorEm
I am the string pulled by the sure hand
          C majorC
Animating what was still
          D MajorD     C majorC
I am invisible and faithful
      E minorEm  C majorC
I am a courier
      E minorEm  C majorC
Just a courier


INSTRUMENTAL: E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC


            E minorEm  C majorC
The Captain breaks the seal
         E minorEm  C majorC
Quickly reads the note
         D MajorD
On your feet boys
          E minorEm
Make you peace boys
          C majorC
Pass those letters down
       E minorEm  C majorC
To this courier
        E minorEm  C majorC
Guardian of the word
          D MajorD
Hand him all you've seen
          E minorEm
Hand him all you've heard
         C majorC    G+G
Hand him all the pearls


              D MajorD      E minorEm
And I'll go back to where I came from
            C majorC
I will deliver each by hand
             D MajorD    C majorC
I take this as a point of honour
      E minorEm  C majorC
To be a courier
      E minorEm  C majorC
To be a courier
      E minorEm
To be a courier