The Monitor Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][F][C][F]
[C][F][G]

[Verse 1]
[C]Once a great iron [F]works
[C]Stood at the end of my str[F]eet
[C]And they hauled in The Monitor
[F]Fit her with armor
For [G]to save the union fleet

[Verse 2]
[C]The River James was on [F]fire
As The Mer[C]rimack thundered [F]and raged
And [C]she seemed so colossal
[F]and so unstoppable
[Dm]Until [G]the two engaged
And inside [Am]the sound
A deafening [Em]din, round after [G]round,
again and [C]again
[F]Shattering [C]down, [F]shattering [C]down,
[F]shattering down
[G]

[Verse 3]
[Em]
[C]The neighborhood's quiet
at [F]night
[C]But sometimes my ears [F]still ring
And [C]you think I'd understand
[Am]That a rock[F]-n-roll band
band
band
Doesn't [G]mean a blessed thing
But I pic[C]ture [Am]the poor crew [F]stunned
When the can[C]nons did finally [F]subside
How [C]they stand on the deck
With [F]the sun at their neck
And they [G]wonder if they're still alive
And I try [Am]to shout
But none of them [Em]hear
They're moving their [G]mouths
But the blood in their [C]ears
Is [F]running [C]down, [F]running [C]down,
[F]running down
[G]

[Verse 4]
And we're singing [C]la da da da da [G]da
And [C]we're singing la da da da
[G]da da
And we're singing [Dm]la da da[Am] da da d[G]a
But what [C]then?

[Verse 5]
[C]It's stunning to know I've sur[F]vived
But [C]I'm not sure what
I'm fighting for [F]anymore
And when I [C]break another string
And con[F]tinue to sing
Is that [G]courage? I'm not sure.
When the [C]ironclads drifted [F]apart
Still [C]blue and still [F]gray
The men [C]shoveled in the coal
And worked [F]the pumps in the hull
Just like [G]every other day
And none of them [Am]knew
Oh, none of [Em]them cared
How much it just [G]changed right
then and right [C]there
They just [F]carried [C]on,
[F]carried [C]on, [F]carried on
[G]

[Verse 6]
And we're singing [C]la da da da da [G]da
And [C]we're singing la da da da da [G]da
And we're singing [Dm]la d[Am]a da da da[G] da
But what [C]then?[G]

[Verse 7]
And we're singing [C]la da da da da [G]da
And [C]we're singing la da da da [G]da da
And [Em]we're singing
[Dm]la d[Am]a da da da d[G]a
But what [C]then?

[Outro 1]
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