Intro
RIFF 1: RIFF 2:
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G|----------------- (4x) ---------------------| (2x)
D|----------------- ---2-2--3-3--2-0-----|
A|--2-2--3-3--2-0-- --0-0-0---------3----|
E|-0-0-0---------3- ---------------------|
Cm G# Fm C#
PART 1 (2x)
RIFF 3: RIFF 4:
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G|--2-----4- --2------------------------|
D|--3-----5- 2-2------------------------|
A|--3-----5- 0-0------------------------|
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C# D# Fm
RIFF 3
RIFF 4
RIFF 1 (2 x)
[Verse]
Cm G#
You used to carry the flag
Cm +RIFF 1
You were the soldier
Cm G#
You used to head the point
Cm +RIFF 1
You were the older
Fm C#
You used to fight for peace
Fm +RIFF 2
War was no stranger
Cm G#
You used to walk the line
Cm +RIFF 1
Right into danger
[Chorus]
C# D# (RIFF 3)
The wind cries
Fm +RIFF 4
Dead in the saddle (2x)
PART 1 (2x)
[Verse 2]
Cm G#
You used to hold me up
Cm
When you were younger
Cm G#
You had the coldest eyes
Cm
They put me under
Fm C#
You weren't they only one
Fm
Who felt like crying
Cm G#
You weren't the only one
Cm
Who felt like dying
[Chorus]
C# D#
The wind cries
Fm
Dead in the saddle (2x)
PART 1 (2x)
[Verse 3]
Cm G#
You used to stare the night
Cm
For distant thunder
Cm G#
You used to have a look
Cm
That made me wonder
Fm C#
You held the hand of death
Fm
When you rode into battle
Cm G#
As you rode like the wind
Cm
You could hear deaths rattle
[Chorus]
C# D#
The wind cries
Fm
Dead in the saddle (4x)