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