Chords for Act II: The Iron Crown of Lombardy

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[Em] My Lord King Charles, a state of crisis [B] has emerged. _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] You've incurred the wrath of the Lord Martin [Ab] _ Desiderius.
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _
[Bm] Cast his dover [Gbm] aside _ [E] and took another for your [B] wife.
He has [G] taken offence and it's too late to [Gb] make amends. _ _ _ _
[E] Our papal lands have been occupied by force.
[B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] Land [Em] fallen to the hands of the barbarian [Ab] _ horde.
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _
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[Bb] For too long that [Fm] vile race has [Db] remained a threat [Fm] to papal authority.
[Bbm] _ That scaming [Ab] Lombard king is [G] flouting his debt _ willfully. _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[D] We [Cm] must stand up and [Fm] wage war.
[D] This [Em] has gone on for [Fm] too long.
It's [Db] in all of our interest [Ebm] to subdue him [E] once and [Gb] for all. _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dbm] My Lord and Holy [Gbm] Father, _ [Db] _
this I pledge [Gbm] to thee. _
[D] Like my fathers [G] before me, [Db] I shall fight for the Holy City.
[Dbm] _ My Lord and [Gbm] Holy Father, _
[Db] I pledge thee [Gbm] my loyalty. _
[D] I shall see this [G] Holy City _
[Db] restored to its former glory. _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ _
[E] [Em] It has been three hundred years since [B] grusty Alps
gave those faithless [Bm] labors to [Em] usurp the lands of their peace [Ab]-loathing neighbors.
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _
[Bm] Encroaching closer [Gbm] upon Rome, [Em] their leaders wanted [B] to capture it for their own.
[G] And now King _ Desiderius _ [Gb] has started to harass us. _ _
[Em] _ Your father was a champion of the [B] church, an agent of civilization [Bm] in the [Em] western world.
_ Chosen to lead the [Ab] people to the cross.
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[A] _ _ Time _ _ _ _
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[Bbm] _ is once more upon [Fm] us [Db] to look to our [Fm] old friends.
As [Bbm] your fathers before [Ab] you came to our [G] defense.
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[D] And you are the [Fm] chosen one [D] to lead [Em] the faithless [Fm] to the cross.
In [Db] his empire in the [Ebm] west, will the Lord [E] to all you I [Gb] give watch. _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dbm] _ My Lord [Gb] and Holy Father, _
[Db] I pledge thee my [Gbm] loyalty. _
[D] I shall see [G] this Holy City [Db] restored to its former glory. _
[D] And with the authority [G] vested in me, [F] I shall claim the Iron [Gb] Crown of _
[Em] Lombardy. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ At the foot of the Alps, an army of men from all nations [Cm] of Frankish territories gathered [B] together.
And keeping in [C] unity, advanced across [E] the treacherous passes of the [Am] mountain range
that divided the [Em] kingdom of Francia from the kingdom [Am] of the Lombards.
It [E] was here that a long [C] siege that was to last for many [E] months
through what was to [C] be the longest winter for both the [B] Frankish and Lombard forces took place.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] They advanced, _ [Bbm] drifts of snow gazed in [Cm] the eye, and rocks [Ebm] that were of iron [Bbm] to the sky.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ Into _ parties [Cm] they dispatched, in a [Ebm] move to push [Bbm] the enemy back.
_ _ [Fm] _
Months of _ [C] siege, _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ the obstinate [Bbm] Lombard king [Cm] finally gave in [Ebm] to our _ [Bbm] Savior. _
_ [F] To give [C] hostages and to [Eb] restore towns _ [Bb] _ _
which he [Bbm] had taken from the [Cm]
Pope.
On the [Ebm] Holy Sacrament, [Gb] he then [Bbm] took an oath.
[Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] The time is once more [Fm] upon us [Db] to look to our old [Fm] friends.
As [Bbm] your fathers before [Ab] you came to our [G] defense. _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] And you are the [Fm] chosen one [Gm] to lead the [C] faithless [Fm] to the cross.
In [Db] his empire in the [Ebm] west, where the Lord [E] for you I [Gb] did watch.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _
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The springtime, [E] the most of the Alpine [Gb] blasted flow.
[E] The Franks are still [Gb] encamped by the banks [E] of the river Po.
[Abm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
The springtime, [E] the most of the Alpine [Gb] blasted flow.
[E] The son of the Darius, [Ab] who by Zantium [Db] unglow. _ _
The _ springtime, [E] the most of the Alpine [Gb] blasted flow.
[E] The springtime, the most of the _
[Gb] _ Alpine _ [E] blasted flow. _
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