None of them
The Deserter
Intro.
D,Em,A,Bm,G,A,D-D,Em,A,Bm,G,Em,A
Bm D A Em
Here I stand in a land that isn't my own
Bm D A Em
Far from the country that I know as home
Bm G A Bm
I was sent here by government armed by the King
G D Em A
And I'm told I must kill men in order to bring
Bm G A
Peace to this foreign land
Bm D A Em
There he lies on a land no longer his own
Bm D A Em
In the grey of the country that he knows as home
Bm G A Bm
He was sent here by government, but he might not agree
G D Em A
And if someone must kill him God why is it me?
Bm G A
To bring peace to this foreign land
Chorus
D A
Don't despise the deserter
Bm G
Don't despise the deserter
D Em
Don't despise the deserter
G A
Who ran from the war
D A
Don't despise the deserter
Bm G
Don't despise the deserter
D Em
Don't despise the deserter
G D
Who ran from the war.
Inter.
D,Em,A,Bm,G,A,D-D,Em,A,Bm,G,Em,A
Bm D A Em
So I bent down to drag him away from the wire
Bm D A Em
But the rifles to the left of me started to fire
Bm G A Bm
He was riddled with bullets, I was smothered in blood
G G Em A
And I don't see how murdering somebody could
Bm G A
Bring peace to a foreign land
Bm D A Em
So I ran from the fighting threw down my gun
Bm D A Em
And I ran by the moon and slept by the sun
Bm G A Bm
Now arrested by government and charged by the King
G D Em A
To be shot 'cos I can't kill in order to bring
Bn G A
Peace to a foreign land
Chorus
Ending
D,Em,A,Bm,G,A,D-D,Em,A,Bm,G,Em,A,
D,Em,A,Bm,G,A,D-D,Em,A,Bm,G,Em,A,D
The chord runs marked Intro, Inter & Ending are very much my interpretation of an amazing section of
violin lead.
It works and sound reasonable.
(Waltz time. By the way)
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