Intro
A E/G# F#m7 E
F#m7 E/G# A Bsus4 B
[Verse 1]
F#m7 E/G# A B
I cross the green mountain, I sit by the stream
F#m7 E/G# A B
Heaven blazing in my head, I dreamt a monstrous dream
A E/G# F#m7 Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
Something came up out of the sea
C#m A B C#m
Swept through the land of, the rich and the free
A E B
[Verse 2]
F#m7 E/G# A B
I look into the eyes, of my merciful friend
F#m7 E/G# A B
And then i ask myself, is this the end?
A E/G# F#m7 Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
Memories linger, sad yet sweet and I
C#m A B C#m
think of the souls in heaven who will meet
A E B
[Chorus]
A E/G# F#m7 E
Altars are burning, with flames far and wide
A E/G# F#m7 Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
The foe has crossed over from the other side
A E/G# F#m7 E
They tip their caps, from the top of the hill
F#m7 E/G# Cadd9 Bsus4 B
You can feel them come, more brave blood to spill
[Verse 3]
F#m7 E/G# A B
Along the dim, Atlantic line
F#m7 E/G# A B
the ravaged land, lies for miles behind
A E/G# F#m7 Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
The light's coming forward and the streets are broad
C#m A B C#m
All must yield to the avenging God
A E A E
[Chorus]
A E/G# F#m7 E
The world is old, the world is gray
A E/G# F#m7 Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
Lessons of life, can't be learned in a day
A E/G# F#m7 E
I watch and I wait, and I listen while I stand
F#m7 E/G# Cadd9 Bsus4 B
To the music that comes from a far-better land
[Verse 4]
F#m7 E/G# A B
Close the eyes of our captain, peace may he know
F#m7 E/G# A B
His long night is done, the great leader is laid low
A E/G# F#m7 Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
He was ready to fall, he was quick to defend
C#m A B C#m
Killed outright he was, by his own men
A E A E
[Verse 5]
F#m7 E/G# A B
It's the last day's last hour, of the last happy year
F#m7 E/G# A B
I feel that the unknown world is so near
A E/G# F#m7 Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
Pride will vanish and glory will rot
C#m A B C#m
But virtue lives and cannot be forgot
A E B
[Verse 6]
F#m7 E/G# A B
The bells of leavening have rung
F#m7 E/G# A B
There's blasphemy on every tongue
A E/G# F#m7 Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
Let 'em say that I walked in fair nature's light
C#m A B C#m
And that I was loyal to truth and to right
A E A E
[Chorus]
A E/G# F#m7 E
Serve God and be cheerful, look upward, beyond
A E/G# F#m7 Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
Beyond the darkness of masks, the surprises of dawn
A E/G# F#m7 E
In the deep green grasses of the blood stained world
F#m7 E/G# Cadd9 Bsus4 B
They never dreamed of surrenderin', they fell where they stood
[Verse 7]
F#m7 E/G# A B
Stars fell over Alabama, I saw each star
F#m7 E/G# A B
You're walkin' in dreams, whoever you are
A E/G# F#m7 Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
Chilled are the skies, keen as the frost
C#m A B C#m
The ground's froze hard and the morning is lost
A E A E
[Verse 8]
F#m7 E/G# A B
F# letter to mother came today
F#m7 E/G# A B
Gunshot wound to the breast is what it did say
A E/G# F#m7 Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
But he'll be better soon, he's in a hospital bed
C#m A B C#m
But he'll never be better - he's already dead
A E A E
[Verse 9]
F#m7 E/G# A B
I'm ten miles outside the city, and I'm lifted away
F#m7 E/G# A B
In an ancient light, that is not of day
A E/G# F#m7 Bsus4 B Bsus2 B
They were calm, they were blunt, we knew 'em all too well
C#m A B C#m
We loved each other more than we ever dared to tell
A E Cadd9 G
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