Crusade chords by Voltaire

No Capo

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


Intro:
Dm    C/E     Dm/F C/E Dm
Dm    C/E     Dm/F C/E Dm

F     C       Dm   C   Dm
Dm    C/E     Dm/F C/E Dm

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

Interlude:
Dm Dsus2  Dm C/E  Dm/F  C/G  Dm/A

Dm C      Dm C Dm

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

Chorus:
Bb C        F        Dm    Gm      Gm7 Dm
I heard my father's words deep in my  heart
  Bb    C       F   Dm    C Bb         Dm
"Son, know your enemy, as I   know my son."

Interlude:
Dm        Dm C/E  Dm/F  C/G  Dm/A

Dm C      Dm C Dm

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

Interlude:
Dm        Dm C/E  Dm/F  C/G  Dm/A

Dm C      Dm C Dm

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

Chorus:
Bb C        F        Dm    Gm      Gm7 Dm
I heard my father's words deep in my  heart
  Bb    C       F   Dm    C Bb         Dm
"Son, know your enemy, as I   know my son."

Interlude:
Dm C     Dm C Dm
Dm C     Dm C Dm
F  C     Dm C Dm
Dm C     Dm C Dm

Dm C     Dm C Dm
Dm C     Dm C Dm
F  C     Dm C Dm
Dm C     Dm C Dm

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

Interlude:
Dm C     Dm C Dm

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

Chorus:
 Bb   C         F       Dm    Gm      Gm7  Dm
Son, hear your father clear, deep in your heart
  Bb    C       F   Dm    C Bb                  C  Bb
"Son, know your enemy, as I   would have them know...
    Dm   C     Dm C Dm
my son."

Outro:
Dm C     Dm C Dm
Dm C     Dm C Dm
F  C     Dm C Dm