Chords for Battlefield Band - Road Of Tears
Tempo:
78.85 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Em
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
They came at dawn from out the darkness, [G] swords and torches in [D] their hands.
[G] They said it was the chieftain's orders, clear the hillsides [D] and the glens.
No [Bm] more we'd smell the [G] broom and the heather, share the bunnock [D] with our kin.
We laid to [C] rest beside our [G] fathers.
It almost broke our hearts and minds to [C] board the ship, the ship [Em] of tears.
To [G] board the ship, [D] the ship of tears.
[G] We crossed the sea to flee the [C] hunger, wasted rags of skin and [D] bone.
[G] The fields we left were black and barren, a ravaged land, no [D] longer home.
[Bm] The coffin ships were [G] filled with mourning.
We'd one last look back [D] to the land, the [C] quiet men, the women [G] keen in.
It almost broke [D] our hearts and minds to [C] leave the fields.
The [Em] fields of tears.
To [D] leave the fields, the fields of tears.
[C] [A] [D]
[A]
[G] They came in floods and covered wagons, [C] drove across our ancient [D] lands.
[G] They set to scorn our elders' wisdom, take the path their lord [D] commands.
[Bm] They stole our [G] hills, they stole our rivers, the mother earth with [D] whom we're joined.
[C] They led us from our [G] spirit fathers.
It almost broke our hearts and minds [A] to walk [C] the trail, the [Em] trail of tears.
To walk [C] this trail, [D] the trail of tears.
[G] They came in hordes across the desert, [C] storms of dust that [D] seared the skin.
They [G] said they'd come for our oppressor, they would make a meal of [D] him.
[Bm] They said that [C] we would earn [G] our freedom and come to see their [D] way is right.
But [A] still we weep [G] and we are bleeding.
They have not won our [D] hearts and minds.
We're [C] on the road, the [Em] road of tears.
We're [C] on the road, the [Em] road of tears.
It [C] never ends, the [Em] road of tears, the [D] road of tears.
[A] [G]
[Em]
[G] [A]
[G] [Em]
[G] [D]
[N]
[G] They said it was the chieftain's orders, clear the hillsides [D] and the glens.
No [Bm] more we'd smell the [G] broom and the heather, share the bunnock [D] with our kin.
We laid to [C] rest beside our [G] fathers.
It almost broke our hearts and minds to [C] board the ship, the ship [Em] of tears.
To [G] board the ship, [D] the ship of tears.
[G] We crossed the sea to flee the [C] hunger, wasted rags of skin and [D] bone.
[G] The fields we left were black and barren, a ravaged land, no [D] longer home.
[Bm] The coffin ships were [G] filled with mourning.
We'd one last look back [D] to the land, the [C] quiet men, the women [G] keen in.
It almost broke [D] our hearts and minds to [C] leave the fields.
The [Em] fields of tears.
To [D] leave the fields, the fields of tears.
[C] [A] [D]
[A]
[G] They came in floods and covered wagons, [C] drove across our ancient [D] lands.
[G] They set to scorn our elders' wisdom, take the path their lord [D] commands.
[Bm] They stole our [G] hills, they stole our rivers, the mother earth with [D] whom we're joined.
[C] They led us from our [G] spirit fathers.
It almost broke our hearts and minds [A] to walk [C] the trail, the [Em] trail of tears.
To walk [C] this trail, [D] the trail of tears.
[G] They came in hordes across the desert, [C] storms of dust that [D] seared the skin.
They [G] said they'd come for our oppressor, they would make a meal of [D] him.
[Bm] They said that [C] we would earn [G] our freedom and come to see their [D] way is right.
But [A] still we weep [G] and we are bleeding.
They have not won our [D] hearts and minds.
We're [C] on the road, the [Em] road of tears.
We're [C] on the road, the [Em] road of tears.
It [C] never ends, the [Em] road of tears, the [D] road of tears.
[A] [G]
[Em]
[G] [A]
[G] [Em]
[G] [D]
[N]
Key:
G
D
C
Em
A
G
D
C
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_ _ They came at dawn from out the darkness, [G] swords and torches in [D] their hands.
_ [G] They said it was the chieftain's orders, clear the hillsides [D] and the glens.
No [Bm] more we'd smell the [G] broom and the heather, share the bunnock [D] with our kin. _
We laid to [C] rest beside our [G] fathers. _
It almost broke our hearts and minds to [C] board the ship, the ship [Em] of tears.
To [G] board the ship, _ [D] the ship of tears.
_ [G] We crossed the sea to flee the [C] hunger, wasted rags of skin and [D] bone.
_ _ [G] The fields we left were black and barren, a ravaged land, no [D] longer home.
_ [Bm] The coffin ships were [G] filled with mourning.
We'd one last look back [D] to the land, the [C] quiet men, the women [G] keen in.
_ It almost broke [D] our hearts and minds to [C] leave the fields.
The [Em] fields of tears.
To [D] leave the fields, the fields of tears. _
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _
[G] They came in floods and covered wagons, [C] drove across our ancient [D] lands. _
[G] They set to scorn our elders' wisdom, take the path their lord [D] commands.
[Bm] They stole our [G] hills, they stole our rivers, the mother earth with [D] whom we're joined.
_ [C] They led us from our [G] spirit fathers.
It almost broke our hearts and minds [A] to walk [C] the trail, the [Em] trail of tears.
To walk [C] this trail, [D] the trail of tears.
[G] They came in hordes across the desert, [C] storms of dust that [D] seared the skin.
_ They [G] said they'd come for our oppressor, they would make a meal of [D] him.
_ [Bm] They said that [C] we would earn [G] our freedom and come to see their [D] way is right.
But [A] still we weep [G] and we are bleeding.
They have not won our [D] hearts and minds.
We're [C] on the road, the [Em] road of tears.
We're [C] on the road, the [Em] road of tears.
It [C] never ends, the [Em] road of tears, the [D] road of tears. _
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[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
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_ _ They came at dawn from out the darkness, [G] swords and torches in [D] their hands.
_ [G] They said it was the chieftain's orders, clear the hillsides [D] and the glens.
No [Bm] more we'd smell the [G] broom and the heather, share the bunnock [D] with our kin. _
We laid to [C] rest beside our [G] fathers. _
It almost broke our hearts and minds to [C] board the ship, the ship [Em] of tears.
To [G] board the ship, _ [D] the ship of tears.
_ [G] We crossed the sea to flee the [C] hunger, wasted rags of skin and [D] bone.
_ _ [G] The fields we left were black and barren, a ravaged land, no [D] longer home.
_ [Bm] The coffin ships were [G] filled with mourning.
We'd one last look back [D] to the land, the [C] quiet men, the women [G] keen in.
_ It almost broke [D] our hearts and minds to [C] leave the fields.
The [Em] fields of tears.
To [D] leave the fields, the fields of tears. _
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _
[G] They came in floods and covered wagons, [C] drove across our ancient [D] lands. _
[G] They set to scorn our elders' wisdom, take the path their lord [D] commands.
[Bm] They stole our [G] hills, they stole our rivers, the mother earth with [D] whom we're joined.
_ [C] They led us from our [G] spirit fathers.
It almost broke our hearts and minds [A] to walk [C] the trail, the [Em] trail of tears.
To walk [C] this trail, [D] the trail of tears.
[G] They came in hordes across the desert, [C] storms of dust that [D] seared the skin.
_ They [G] said they'd come for our oppressor, they would make a meal of [D] him.
_ [Bm] They said that [C] we would earn [G] our freedom and come to see their [D] way is right.
But [A] still we weep [G] and we are bleeding.
They have not won our [D] hearts and minds.
We're [C] on the road, the [Em] road of tears.
We're [C] on the road, the [Em] road of tears.
It [C] never ends, the [Em] road of tears, the [D] road of tears. _
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