The Arizona Sword Lyrics Chords

[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[Gm] Blacksmith, make [C] a [Eb] sword for [Gm] me, such [F] as none did [Dm] ever see, [Gm] for [Bb] ancient [C] symbols of majesty [Bb] have [Dm] power in troubled times.
_ _ [Gm] Blacksmith, make [C] me a magic sword, one [Eb] that will make [F] me the Valley's lord, _ [Gm] whom folk [F] will hail [C] with one [Eb] accord.
_ [F] To save them from [Gm] their crimes, _ [Dm] _ [Gm] _ _ _ seeing [Bb] he would [C] not be [Eb] deterred, the [Bb] blacksmith took [F] him at [Dm] his word, [Gm] and [Bb] pondered long [Cm] on what he'd heard [F] about this would [Dm]-be lord.
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[Gm] He pumped the fire, [C] and he made his start, [Eb] melted iron [F] in the fire's heart, _ [Bb] but he named the steel [C] with an [Eb] older art, _ [Fm] the Arizona [Gm] Sword.
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[Gm] _ _ _ He [Bb] chanted words [C] to the [Eb] blazing mix [Bb] of [Dm] ancient ribbons and white-fleshed tricks, [Bb] to draw a spirit [Cm] and purpose fix [Bb] in what [F] the blade [Dm] would feel.
[G] The [Bb] iron [C] laws from nature's hand, [Cm] the ruthless will [F] of the desert land, _ [Gm] a freedom no one [Eb] can command, _ [Bb] and cast [F] that thought [Gm] in steel.
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[A] And [Bb] when the [D] blacksmith's work [Eb] was done, [Am] the new [Bb] sword gleamed [F] like the setting [D]
sun.
_ [Gm] All down the blade [Cm] did the old runes run, [Bb] a [F] warning plain [Dm] to see.
[Gm] The steel was grained [C] like the finest wood, a full [Eb] yard [F] long and more it stood.
_ _ [G] The runes' [Bb] red eyes [C] served but [Eb] the good _ _ [F] of life and [Gm] liberty.
_ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Gm] _ _ _ Near [Bb] the hilt, [C] set in copper [Eb] wire, [Dm] a phoenix rose up from the fire, [Gm] a copper star [C] within [Eb] the fire, [Bb] rayed out [Dm] copper cores. _
[Gm] The grip was like [Cm] a saguaro made, a [Eb] clasp a [F] moonkin quartz and jade, _ [Gm] in truth like to no [Eb] other blade.
_ [Bb] [F] What's the Arizona [Gm] Sword? _
[F] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] Blacksmith, well [C] have you served [Eb] my cause, this [F] shall aid me to make [Dm] the laws.
[D] _
[Gm] The guards are shaped [Cm] like cougar's paws, [Bb] in truth [F] like none [Dm] I've seen.
_ [Gm] The price is steep, [C] but I shall [Eb] not carp, shall sing [Dm] more praise [F] than I'm in Skrull's [Bb] harp.
[F] _ [Gm] He gods, that blade [Cm] is razor [Eb] sharp.
_ _ For a [F] simple fairy [Gm] keen, _ [Dm] _ [G] and _ she'd [Bb] shill thee if [C] I strike [Eb] you dead.
_ _ [Gm] The [F] blacksmith promptly turned [Dm] and fled.
[D] _ [Gm] The [Bb] lordling laughed [Cm] and shrugged instead, [Bb] and went [F] out to meet [Dm] his horde.
[Gm] He cried out, this [C] is the day foretold, just [Eb] one hand [F] now this land shall hold.
_ [Gm] For in this sign [C] will I rule, [Eb] behold, _ [Bb] the [F] Arizona [Gm] Sword. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] No more [C] argument shall [Eb] we find, but all [F] hereafter shall be [Dm] inclined, [Eb] to just [Bb] one purpose [Cm] and just one [Bb] mind, thus [Dm] do I mean to do.
[D] _ [G] Now go [Bb] you forth [C] and take the land.
The sword heard well [F] his first command.
[F] _ [Gm] She loved and kissed it in [Eb] his hand, _ [Bb] and fell [F] and ran [G] him through.
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_ _ _ _ They [Bb] say the sword [C] vanished clean [Eb] away, [Bb] for none [F] has heard of it since [Dm] that day.
[D] _ [Bb] But seek it wisely [Eb] and find you may. _
[Bb] Take [F] care, for would [Dm] be lord.
[Gm] Beware you tyrant, [C] beware you fool, for who [Bb] is the [F] master and who the tool. _ _
[Gm] You may well serve, but you shall [Eb] not rule.
_ [F] The Arizona [G] [Bb] Sword, the [Dm] _ [Gm] Arizona Sword.
_ _ _ _ The Arizona Sword. _ _
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