The Battle Of Nowhere chords by The Stanfields

Chords with lyrics

[Intro]
B minorBm Bm
B minorBm Bm A augmentedA B minorBm Bm A augmentedA


[Verse]
     G+G         A augmentedA     B minorBm
T'is the loathsome right of lions and lords
  G+G           A augmentedA
To visit their might upon lambs
  B minorBm     F# minorF#m   C# minorC#m     F# minorF#m
Oh butcher and beast, tyrant and cabal
 E minorEm      A augmentedA B minorBm
I am a lion no longer

[Instrumental bridge]
B minorBm Bm A augmentedA B minorBm Bm A augmentedA


[Verse]
  G+G          A augmentedA      B minorBm
For empire and flag, for captain and king
 G+G           A augmentedA
I offered no quarter nor mercy
B minorBm       F# minorF#m    C# minorC#m        F# minorF#m
Spurred by the rage of a thousand vengeful gods
  E minorEm         A augmentedA B minorBm
And blinded by men of ambition


[Instrumental bridge]
B minorBm Bm A augmentedA B minorBm Bm A augmentedA
G+G G MajorG A augmentedA B minorBm
G+G G MajorG A augmentedA A majorA
B minorBm G+G A augmentedA B minorBm
Bm G+G G MajorG A augmentedA
B minorBm Bm A augmentedA B minorBm Bm A augmentedA


[Verse]
G+G        A augmentedA      B minorBm
Such industry is violence and war!
      G+G           A augmentedA
And how the ends are not all they claim
B minorBm      F# minorF#m    C# minorC#m      F# minorF#m
Righteous crusades bear bullion and control
  E minorEm           A augmentedA B minorBm
And garnish the blood of a nation

[Instrumental Bridge]
B minorBm Bm A augmentedA B minorBm Bm A augmentedA
B minorBm Bm A augmentedA B minorBm Bm A augmentedA
B minorBm Bm A augmentedA B minorBm Bm A augmentedA
B minorBm Bm A augmentedA B minorBm Bm A augmentedA


[Verse]
   G+G          A augmentedA     B minorBm
So beware the promise of exotic frontiers
     G+G          A augmentedA
Where the battle of nowhere is waged
   B minorBm   F# minorF#m   C# minorC#m    F# minorF#m
Where patriot sons are put to the sword
  E minorEm            A augmentedA B minorBm
And lost in the strains of an anthem


[Outro]
D MajorD D E MajorE F# minorF#m D MajorD D
E MajorE E F# minorF#m D MajorD E MajorE F# minorF#m
F#m D MajorD D E MajorE F# minorF#m F#m
D MajorD D E MajorE F# minorF#m D MajorD D
E MajorE E F# minorF#m D MajorD E MajorE F# minorF#m
F#m D MajorD D E MajorE F# minorF#m F#m