Crusade chords by Voltaire

Chords with lyrics

No Capo

Hello, if you prefer, you can play it using just the DmDm and C majorC
without using the bass note that I add in the chord name.


Intro:
DmDm  C/EC/E   Dm/F C/EC/E DmDm
Dm  C/EC/E   Dm/F C/EC/E DmDm

FF   C majorC    DmDm  C majorC  DmDm
Dm  C/EC/E   Dm/F C/EC/E DmDm

Verse:
 DmDm  C/EC/E  Dm/F C/EC/E DmDm
Long ago, I went to war
  DmDm     C/EC/E     Dm/F C/EC/E Dm/F
To fight the scourge of Christendom
  FF   C majorC    DmDm C majorC  DmDm  C majorC  DmDm
I held aloft my blessed sword, and said
   C majorC  DmDm  C majorC  DmDm
"By God, let them come!"

Interlude:
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm C/EC/E Dm/F C/GC/G Dm/A

DmDm C majorC   DmDm C majorC DmDm

Verse:
   DmDm    C/EC/E    Dm/F C/EC/E DmDm
They said their eyes are red  as flame
  DmDm    C/EC/E    Dm/F C/GC/G Dm/A
I heard it told from hell they came
    FF    C majorC      DmDm   C majorC  DmDm C majorC
Their breath is fire, their tongues are forked
 DmDm     C majorC     DmDm C majorC  DmDm
Thus are the beasts of Dragon's Gate

Chorus:
Bb majorBb C majorC    FF    DmDm  G minorGm   Gm7Gm7 DmDm
I heard my father's words deep in my heart
 Bb majorBb  C majorC    FF  DmDm  C majorC Bb majorBb     DmDm
"Son, know your enemy, as I  know my son."

Interlude:
DmDm    DmDm C/EC/E Dm/F C/GC/G Dm/A

DmDm C majorC   DmDm C majorC DmDm

Verse:
   DmDm     C/EC/E    Dm/F C/EC/E DmDm
The Fates were kind, they let me  in
   DmDm   C/EC/E    Dm/F C/GC/G Dm/A
The dragon's lair, the den  of sin
  FF     C majorC   DmDm C majorC  DmDm
I placed my sword upon its heart
C majorC  DmDm   C majorC     DmDm C majorC  DmDm
And with a prayer, I thrust it in

Interlude:
DmDm    DmDm C/EC/E Dm/F C/GC/G Dm/A

DmDm C majorC   DmDm C majorC DmDm

Verse:
   DmDm  C/EC/E  Dm/F C/EC/E DmDm
The dragon fell upon the ground
    DmDm  C/EC/E   Dm/F C/GC/G Dm/A
'Twas then I heard a whimpering sound
  FF  C majorC      DmDm C majorC  DmDm
A augmentedA dragonling to his father clung
 C majorC DmDm   C majorC      DmDm  C majorC  DmDm
Who only fought to protect his young

Chorus:
Bb majorBb C majorC    FF    DmDm  G minorGm   Gm7Gm7 DmDm
I heard my father's words deep in my heart
 Bb majorBb  C majorC    FF  DmDm  C majorC Bb majorBb     DmDm
"Son, know your enemy, as I  know my son."

Interlude:
DmDm C majorC   DmDm C majorC DmDm
Dm C majorC   DmDm C majorC DmDm
FF C majorC   DmDm C majorC DmDm
Dm C majorC   DmDm C majorC DmDm

DmDm C majorC   DmDm C majorC DmDm
Dm C majorC   DmDm C majorC DmDm
FF C majorC   DmDm C majorC DmDm
Dm C majorC   DmDm C majorC DmDm

Verse:
 DmDm   C/EC/E  Dm/F C/EC/E DmDm
Now, my son is off to war
  DmDm    C/EC/E       Dm/F C/GC/G Dm/A
To fight the new scourge of Christendom
  FF   C majorC     DmDm C majorC  DmDm C majorC  DmDm
He holds aloft his brazen sword and says
 C majorC  DmDm  C majorC  DmDm
"Dad, let them come!"

Interlude:
DmDm C majorC   DmDm C majorC DmDm

Verse:
   DmDm     C/EC/E    Dm/F C/EC/E DmDm
He swears their eyes are red  as flame
   DmDm    C/EC/E    Dm/F C/GC/G Dm/A
And heard it told from hell they came
    FF    C majorC      DmDm   C majorC  DmDm
Their breath is fire, their tongues are forked
 C majorC DmDm    C majorC   DmDm C majorC  DmDm
Thus are the men of Muslim faith

Chorus:
 Bb majorBb  C majorC     FF    DmDm  G minorGm   Gm7Gm7 DmDm
Son, hear your father clear, deep in your heart
 Bb majorBb  C majorC    FF  DmDm  C majorC Bb majorBb         C majorC Bb majorBb
"Son, know your enemy, as I  would have them know...
  DmDm  C majorC   DmDm C majorC DmDm
my son."

Outro:
DmDm C majorC   DmDm C majorC DmDm
Dm C majorC   DmDm C majorC DmDm
FF C majorC   DmDm C majorC DmDm