Chords for Battle Dawn- Mercedes Lackey

[C#m] _ [G#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[B] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _ [B] _
[C#m] _ _ _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ _
[B] _ [C#m] _ _ _ I must contain my anger, or I won't control my power
But gods, how long I've [F#m] waited just to [B] see this very [C#m] hour
It's just as well I'm not [F#m] the one who [C#m] caused the storm of fire
Or I would turn this [B] battle plane into [C#m] your funeral [G#] pyre
[C#m]
The priests all say I must not hate, but I will not pretend
I saw the wreck you [F#m] made of her, my [B] herald and my [C#m] friend
The scars you left in flesh [F#m] and soul will [C#m] be so slow to fade
Oh, what I had, your [B] coward heart beneath [C#m] my naked blade
[G#] _
[C#m] I must control my rage, or lose her ability to plan
I must direct the [F#m] fight from here, not [B] charging in the [C#m] van
As you will likewise do, [F#m] no doubt, for [C#m] all that you are cruel
And rubble in shame, blood [B] in pain, I [C#m] think you are no fool
[G#] _ [C#m] But in the name of all the gods, you're all that I despise
Who plan to take my [F#m] treachery, my [B] kingdom as your [C#m] prize
My throne, my child, my [F#m] people, all you [C#m] plotted to despoil
By tricks, then only [B] miracles, the [C#m] label has to foil
[G#] _ [C#m] I must control my fury, or let slip all that I sought
But vengeance would not [F#m] be enough for [B] all the grief you [C#m] brought
God grant this day you [F#m] fall beneath the [C#m] steel of me and mine
And drink fully, bleak [B] defeat, that [C#m] cold and bitter [G#] [C#m] wine _ _ _
_ _ _ _ My [C#m] _ _ [D#] _ [C#m] _ _ _
[B] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
crown is on my brow, my naked blade within my hand
My army like an [F#m] eager hound lies [B] waiting, my [C#m] command
With all you tortured, [F#m] killed, and lied, [C#m] reveal to them this [D#] day
_ [C#m] By all the stars that ever shone, by all the gods known [F#m] and unknown
For Elchrist and [G#] my queens all, _ I [C#m] swear that you will pay _ _ _