Chords for By the Sword: Keep the Peace - Mercedes Lackey
Tempo:
82 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
Gm
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I'm going to go get my [Bb] water.
[Eb] Keep [Bb] the peace, [Cm] keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] [Bb] bounce those ruffians out of [F] here, bounce [Gm] those scallywags
on [Bb] their ear, keep the peace, [Cm] keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] with a [Bb] tavern full of raucous men [F] you don't
[Gm] know where and you don't know when, [Eb] a [Bb] hairy hand lands on your [F] cheek, oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace.
[Eb] [Bb] Down [Eb] on your luck, [Bb] raggedy [Cm] and stuck, [Ab] in a town [Eb] that's murderous, dark [Bb] and drab, a job
in a tavern [Cm] can't be [Bb] all that [Eb] bad, but watch your step, or you'll [Bb] catch [Cm] your death, as
the sound [Eb] rings out of a drunken [Bbm] mob, [F] you'll have to bear down [Bb] and do [Cm] [F] your job.
[Bb] Keep the peace, keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] bounce [Bb] those ruffians out of here, [F] bounce [Gm] those scallywags
on [Bb] their ear, keep the peace, [Gm] keep the peace, with [Eb] a [Bb] tavern full of raucous men [F] you don't
[Gm] know where and you don't know when, [Eb] a hairy [Bb] hand lands on [F] your cheek, oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace.
[Bb] A [Eb] wild kind of life, [Bb] trading food [Cm] for a knife, but you know worse off than you [Bb] were at home,
left in [Cm] the kitchen with [Bb] bread and bone, [Bb] and the [Eb] pay's pretty fair, so [Bb] you'll have
[Cm] to grin and bear, grab [Eb] the money, just kick and [Bb] run, you'll have a [Eb] sore head but you'll
have some fun, [Ab] pour [Eb] the liquor [Bb] and serve the meat, [F] you're better [Bb] off here than [Cm] on the [F] street.
[Bb] Keep the peace, keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] bounce [Bb] those ruffians out of here, [F] bounce [Gm] those scallywags
on [Bb] their ear, keep the peace, keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] with a tavern [Bb] full of raucous [F] men you don't
know [Gm] where and you don't know [Eb] when, a hairy [Bb] hand lands on your [F] cheek, oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace.
On a [Bb]
[Eb] drunken night, [Bb] men are looking [Cm] for a fight, they talk to [Eb] themselves [Bb] mumble and
groan, some of [Cm] those devils [Bb] better leave [Eb] alone, [Bb] a chair [Eb] flies by [Bb] and up [Cm] goes the cry, in a
mass of bodies they tumble and [Bb] roar, make your [Eb] way to the [Bb] open [Ab] door, and one by [Eb] one
fling them high and [F] neat, to the whole [Bb] congregation's [C] lying [F] in the street, oh, [Bb] keep the peace, [F] keep
[Gm] the peace, [Eb] bounce those [Bb] ruffians [F] out of here, bounce those [Gm] scallywags on [Bb] their ear, keep
the peace, [F] keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] with a tavern [Bb] full of raucous [F] men you don't know [Gm] where and you
don't know [Eb] when, a hairy [Bb] hand lands on your [F] cheek, oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace, [F] Kiro, [Bb] keep
the peace, [F] oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace.
[Gb] [Ab] [Eb] [G]
[Eb] Keep [Bb] the peace, [Cm] keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] [Bb] bounce those ruffians out of [F] here, bounce [Gm] those scallywags
on [Bb] their ear, keep the peace, [Cm] keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] with a [Bb] tavern full of raucous men [F] you don't
[Gm] know where and you don't know when, [Eb] a [Bb] hairy hand lands on your [F] cheek, oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace.
[Eb] [Bb] Down [Eb] on your luck, [Bb] raggedy [Cm] and stuck, [Ab] in a town [Eb] that's murderous, dark [Bb] and drab, a job
in a tavern [Cm] can't be [Bb] all that [Eb] bad, but watch your step, or you'll [Bb] catch [Cm] your death, as
the sound [Eb] rings out of a drunken [Bbm] mob, [F] you'll have to bear down [Bb] and do [Cm] [F] your job.
[Bb] Keep the peace, keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] bounce [Bb] those ruffians out of here, [F] bounce [Gm] those scallywags
on [Bb] their ear, keep the peace, [Gm] keep the peace, with [Eb] a [Bb] tavern full of raucous men [F] you don't
[Gm] know where and you don't know when, [Eb] a hairy [Bb] hand lands on [F] your cheek, oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace.
[Bb] A [Eb] wild kind of life, [Bb] trading food [Cm] for a knife, but you know worse off than you [Bb] were at home,
left in [Cm] the kitchen with [Bb] bread and bone, [Bb] and the [Eb] pay's pretty fair, so [Bb] you'll have
[Cm] to grin and bear, grab [Eb] the money, just kick and [Bb] run, you'll have a [Eb] sore head but you'll
have some fun, [Ab] pour [Eb] the liquor [Bb] and serve the meat, [F] you're better [Bb] off here than [Cm] on the [F] street.
[Bb] Keep the peace, keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] bounce [Bb] those ruffians out of here, [F] bounce [Gm] those scallywags
on [Bb] their ear, keep the peace, keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] with a tavern [Bb] full of raucous [F] men you don't
know [Gm] where and you don't know [Eb] when, a hairy [Bb] hand lands on your [F] cheek, oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace.
On a [Bb]
[Eb] drunken night, [Bb] men are looking [Cm] for a fight, they talk to [Eb] themselves [Bb] mumble and
groan, some of [Cm] those devils [Bb] better leave [Eb] alone, [Bb] a chair [Eb] flies by [Bb] and up [Cm] goes the cry, in a
mass of bodies they tumble and [Bb] roar, make your [Eb] way to the [Bb] open [Ab] door, and one by [Eb] one
fling them high and [F] neat, to the whole [Bb] congregation's [C] lying [F] in the street, oh, [Bb] keep the peace, [F] keep
[Gm] the peace, [Eb] bounce those [Bb] ruffians [F] out of here, bounce those [Gm] scallywags on [Bb] their ear, keep
the peace, [F] keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] with a tavern [Bb] full of raucous [F] men you don't know [Gm] where and you
don't know [Eb] when, a hairy [Bb] hand lands on your [F] cheek, oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace, [F] Kiro, [Bb] keep
the peace, [F] oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace.
[Gb] [Ab] [Eb] [G]
Key:
Bb
Eb
F
Gm
Cm
Bb
Eb
F
_ _ I'm going to go get _ my _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ water. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Keep [Bb] _ _ the peace, [Cm] keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] [Bb] bounce those ruffians out of [F] here, bounce [Gm] those scallywags
on [Bb] their ear, keep the peace, [Cm] keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] with a [Bb] tavern full of raucous men [F] you don't
[Gm] know where and you don't know when, [Eb] a [Bb] hairy hand lands on your [F] cheek, oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace.
_ _ _ [Eb] [Bb] Down [Eb] on your luck, _ [Bb] raggedy [Cm] and stuck, [Ab] in a town [Eb] that's murderous, dark [Bb] and drab, a job
in a tavern [Cm] can't be [Bb] all that [Eb] bad, but watch your step, or you'll [Bb] catch [Cm] your death, as
the sound [Eb] rings out of a drunken [Bbm] mob, [F] you'll have to bear down [Bb] and do [Cm] [F] your job.
_ [Bb] Keep the peace, keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] bounce [Bb] those ruffians out of here, [F] bounce [Gm] those scallywags
on [Bb] their ear, keep the peace, _ [Gm] keep the peace, with [Eb] a [Bb] tavern full of raucous men [F] you don't
[Gm] know where and you don't know when, [Eb] a hairy [Bb] hand lands on [F] your cheek, oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace. _ _
[Bb] A [Eb] wild kind of life, [Bb] trading food [Cm] for a knife, but you know worse off than you [Bb] were at home,
left in [Cm] the kitchen with [Bb] bread and bone, [Bb] and the [Eb] pay's pretty fair, so [Bb] you'll have
[Cm] to grin and bear, grab [Eb] the money, just kick and [Bb] run, you'll have a [Eb] sore head but you'll
have some fun, [Ab] pour [Eb] the liquor [Bb] and serve the meat, [F] you're better [Bb] off here than [Cm] on the [F] street.
_ _ [Bb] Keep the peace, keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] bounce [Bb] those ruffians out of here, [F] bounce [Gm] those scallywags
on [Bb] their ear, keep the peace, keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] with a tavern [Bb] full of raucous [F] men you don't
know [Gm] where and you don't know [Eb] when, a hairy [Bb] hand lands on your [F] cheek, oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace.
_ On a [Bb]
[Eb] drunken night, [Bb] men are looking [Cm] for a fight, they talk to [Eb] themselves [Bb] mumble and
groan, some of [Cm] those devils [Bb] better leave [Eb] alone, [Bb] a chair [Eb] flies by [Bb] and up [Cm] goes the cry, in a
mass of bodies they tumble and [Bb] roar, make your [Eb] way to the [Bb] open [Ab] door, and one by [Eb] one
fling them high and [F] neat, to the whole [Bb] congregation's [C] lying [F] in the street, oh, [Bb] keep the peace, [F] keep
[Gm] the peace, [Eb] bounce those [Bb] ruffians [F] out of here, bounce those [Gm] scallywags on [Bb] their ear, keep
the peace, [F] keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] with a tavern [Bb] full of raucous [F] men you don't know [Gm] where and you
don't know [Eb] when, a hairy [Bb] hand lands on your [F] cheek, oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace, [F] Kiro, [Bb] keep
the peace, [F] oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace.
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Keep [Bb] _ _ the peace, [Cm] keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] [Bb] bounce those ruffians out of [F] here, bounce [Gm] those scallywags
on [Bb] their ear, keep the peace, [Cm] keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] with a [Bb] tavern full of raucous men [F] you don't
[Gm] know where and you don't know when, [Eb] a [Bb] hairy hand lands on your [F] cheek, oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace.
_ _ _ [Eb] [Bb] Down [Eb] on your luck, _ [Bb] raggedy [Cm] and stuck, [Ab] in a town [Eb] that's murderous, dark [Bb] and drab, a job
in a tavern [Cm] can't be [Bb] all that [Eb] bad, but watch your step, or you'll [Bb] catch [Cm] your death, as
the sound [Eb] rings out of a drunken [Bbm] mob, [F] you'll have to bear down [Bb] and do [Cm] [F] your job.
_ [Bb] Keep the peace, keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] bounce [Bb] those ruffians out of here, [F] bounce [Gm] those scallywags
on [Bb] their ear, keep the peace, _ [Gm] keep the peace, with [Eb] a [Bb] tavern full of raucous men [F] you don't
[Gm] know where and you don't know when, [Eb] a hairy [Bb] hand lands on [F] your cheek, oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace. _ _
[Bb] A [Eb] wild kind of life, [Bb] trading food [Cm] for a knife, but you know worse off than you [Bb] were at home,
left in [Cm] the kitchen with [Bb] bread and bone, [Bb] and the [Eb] pay's pretty fair, so [Bb] you'll have
[Cm] to grin and bear, grab [Eb] the money, just kick and [Bb] run, you'll have a [Eb] sore head but you'll
have some fun, [Ab] pour [Eb] the liquor [Bb] and serve the meat, [F] you're better [Bb] off here than [Cm] on the [F] street.
_ _ [Bb] Keep the peace, keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] bounce [Bb] those ruffians out of here, [F] bounce [Gm] those scallywags
on [Bb] their ear, keep the peace, keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] with a tavern [Bb] full of raucous [F] men you don't
know [Gm] where and you don't know [Eb] when, a hairy [Bb] hand lands on your [F] cheek, oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace.
_ On a [Bb]
[Eb] drunken night, [Bb] men are looking [Cm] for a fight, they talk to [Eb] themselves [Bb] mumble and
groan, some of [Cm] those devils [Bb] better leave [Eb] alone, [Bb] a chair [Eb] flies by [Bb] and up [Cm] goes the cry, in a
mass of bodies they tumble and [Bb] roar, make your [Eb] way to the [Bb] open [Ab] door, and one by [Eb] one
fling them high and [F] neat, to the whole [Bb] congregation's [C] lying [F] in the street, oh, [Bb] keep the peace, [F] keep
[Gm] the peace, [Eb] bounce those [Bb] ruffians [F] out of here, bounce those [Gm] scallywags on [Bb] their ear, keep
the peace, [F] keep [Gm] the peace, [Eb] with a tavern [Bb] full of raucous [F] men you don't know [Gm] where and you
don't know [Eb] when, a hairy [Bb] hand lands on your [F] cheek, oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace, [F] Kiro, [Bb] keep
the peace, [F] oh Kiro, [Bb] keep the peace.
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _