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