The Deserter's Song Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]
[Em][G]
[Em][D]
[C][D][C][B]
[Em]

[Verse 1]
[Em]Skies black,
cold and [Bm]vacant [B]now
[Am]I sat on[A] the[Em] hillside
The stars up [G]above me
Like pinholes [D]in velvet
I listened to the [Em]song
That I [B]hoped I'd never [Em]hear

[Verse 2]
And [Em]off be[Bm]hind m[B]e
[Am]Guns snap [Em]like insect[Am]s
[Em]We're fighting for cause[G]s
We don't really [D]fathom
But we'll charge [Em]ahead
Bloodied [B]hands feed the [Em]flames

[Verse 3]
Their [Em]guns [F#sus4]all[Bm]
[Em]rain down[G][Bm][C]
[G]Say your prayers, fall and run[Em][Bm]
[C]This is do [D]or die this tim[G]e[Bm][C]
[G]Raise your fist, give 'em hel[Em]l boys
[Bm]Let's make them wish[D] they'd never lived
[C]My

[Verse 4]
[Em]eyes locked with a boy
on the [Bm]other [B]side
[A]Hands [Am]dropped,
[A]he [Am]stood defen[Em]seless
But he wasn't [G]frightened
His face was ac[D]cepting
But I couldn't [Em]pull
I couldn't [B]pull, I couldn't [Em]pull

[Verse 5]
[Em]And I could see it clear
To fall [F#sus4]was not my[Bm] fear[Em]
To [D]make one [Em]fall [B]was

[Verse 6]
And [G]the chaos returned
I backed [C]into [G]the trees
Left my [Em]guns on the ground
[Bm]Wiped the [C]mud from my knee[D]s
And [G]I knew in my heart that
My [C]old life was [G]gone
That in [Em]walking [Bm]away,
my [G]name was undone
[D]So I might as well run[Em]

[Interlude 1]
[Em][Bm][C][D][Em]
[Bm][C][G][Em][Bm][C]
[D][Em][Bm][C]
[G]Parts and

[Verse 7]
bones [Bm]and
[G]strings of secret[Em]s
Cut the [Bm]ties that [C]bind me
[G]I might dream myself as king
[Bm]But [Em]I ain't mad[Bm]e for[C] rul[G]ing

[Outro 1]
[Em][Bm][G][Em]
[Bm][G][Em][D]