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