Chords for Thunder Child

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_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ steamer began to move slowly away, [A] but on the landward [E] horizon appeared the silhouette
of a fighting ship.
[Dm] _ Another came, and another, [Bb] striding over hills [Am] and trees, plunging far out to sea and blocking
the exit of the steamer. _
Between them lay the silent, [A] grey ironclad Thunderchild.
_ [D] Slowly [Dm] it moved toward shore, then with a deafening roar and [A] whoosh of spray, [E] it swung
about and drove at full [Dm] speed towards the waiting marshes.
_ [D] _ _ _ [F] There were ships [C] of shapes and sizes, [Dm] scattered out [C] along the bay, and [Dm] I thought I heard [Em] her
calling, as the [Gm] steamer [Dm] pulled away.
The [Am] invader's [A] mother, seen there, as [Dm] it crossed the coast, smiled.
_ _ [Am] Spanned in number [Bb] two, _ _ _ _ there [Dm] lay _ [Bb] _
Thunderchild.
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] Moving swiftly through the waters, [Dm] cannons blazing as she came, brought [Dm] a mighty [Em] metal warlord.
Crashing [Gm] down in [Dm] sheets of flame, sensing [Am] victory was nearing, thinking [Dm] fortune must
[Dm] have smiled, _ people [Bb] started cheering. _ _
[Am] _ _ Come on, _ _ _ Thunderchild, _ [Bb] come [Dm] on, _ [Bb] Thunderchild.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Bb] The Martians released their black smoke, but the ship sped on, cutting down one of the tripod figures.
[Dm] Instantly, [Bb] the others raised their heat rays and melted [Dm] the Thunderchild's valiant heart. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Cm] Flashing ropes [C] and smashing timbers, flashing [F] heat rays pierced the [C] deck, _ [Dm] dashing hopes
for our [Em]
deliverance, as [Gm] we watched the sinking wreck.
[Dm] With [Am] the smoke and fossil clearing, all the [Bb] brazen waves [Dm] _ defiled, _ slowly [Bb] _ disappearing.
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_ Farewell, [Dm] _ _ [Bb] Thunderchild, _
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disappearing.
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_ _ Farewell, [Dm] Thunderchild.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Farewell, Thunderchild. _ _ _ _ _ _
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Thunderchild. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Bb] When the smoke cleared, the little steamer had reached the [Dm] misty horizon, [Bb] and Carrie was safe.
But the Thunderchild [Bb] vanished forever, taking with her man's [Dm] last hope of victory.
[Bb] _ The leaden sky was lit by green flashes, cylinder following cylinder, and no one and nothing
was left now to fight.
The Earth _ belonged to the Martians. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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