The Traitor Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][G][D][G]

[Verse 1]
Now the [G]Swan
it floated [C]on the English [G]river
Ah the Rose of High Ro
[C]mance it opened [G]wide
[B]A sun tanned woman [Em]yearned me
through the [C]sum[G]mer
And the [D]judges watched us
[C]from the other side
[G]

[Verse 2]
I told my mother [C]"Mother
I must [G]leave you
Preserve my room but
[C]do not shed a [G]tear
Should [B]rumour of [Em]a shabby
ending [C]reach [G]you
It was [D]half my fault and
[C]half the atmosphere"
[G]

[Verse 3]
But the Rose I sickened
with [C]a scarlet f[G]ever
And the Swan I tempted [C]with a
sense of [G]shame
She said [B]at last I [Em]was her finest [C]lover[G]
And [A]if she withered I would be to [D]blame

[Verse 4]
The [G]judges said you [C]missed
it by a frac[G]tion
Rise up and brace [C]your troops
for [G]the attack
Ah [B]the dreamers ride [Em]again
st the men of ac[C]tion[G]
Oh [D]see the men of [C]action falling [G]back

[Verse 5]
But I [G]lingered on her [C]thighs
a fatal [G]moment
I kissed her lips as [C]though I thirsted [G]still
My [B]falsity [Em]had stung me like a [C]hornet[G]
The [D]poison sank and it [C]paralyzed my [G]will

[Verse 6]
I [G]could not move [C]to warn all the
younger [G]soldiers
That they had been [C]deserted from [G]above
So on [B]battlefields from [Em]here
to [C]Barcelon[G]a
I'm [A]listed with the enemies of [D]love

[Verse 7]
[D]
And [G]long ago she [C]said "I must be [G]leaving,
Ah but keep my body [C]here to lie [G]upon
You can [B]move it up and [Em]down
and when [C]I'm [G]sleeping
Run some [D]wire through that
[C]Rose and wind the Swan"
[G]

[Verse 8]
So daily I re[C]new my idle [G]duty
I touch her here and [C]there,
I know my [G]place
[B]I kiss her open [Em]mouth and I
praise [C]her beauty[G]
And [D]people call me [C]traitor to my [G]face

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