One of my most favorite songs by the band. I noticed there was a chord set on here already that actually had
helped me figure out some wonky chords here and there, but I wanted to put my own up with some leads here and
there so others can do their own covers of this song. Hope all is well. Corrections or Comments, please leave
them below!
Standard Tuning
Ebm Ebm7 Db B F# Ab
E|----6----6----4----2----2----4----|
B|----7----7----6----4----2----4----|
G|----8----6----6----4----3----5----|
D|----8----8----6----4----4----6----|
A|----6----6----4----2----4----6----|
E|------------------------2----4----|
Intro:
E|-6h8p6--------/6-4--/9-6--/6-4--------------------------------------------------------|
B|------9h6----------------------7-6-7--------------------------------------------------|
G|----------8----------------------------6/8--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------9b11-9--------------|
E|---------------------------------------------9/11---11\9-----9-11---------11-9---9\4--|
Ebm
With a knock, knock and my eyes come open.
Ebm7
I light a match and orange fills the room.
Db
The candle-light dancing off the walls.
Db
and the movement's enough to wake her up.
Ebm
The men are outside with their torches.
Ebm7
I hear the hooves of the horses I must lead.
Db
Would you fill up this flask with your moonshine
Db
I'll need it to keep myself warm through this snowy storm.
Ebm
And hide your tears till my sights are out the door.
Ebm7
It's hard enough to leave for a war I don't believe.
Db
Would you fill up this gun with melted soldiers,
( Db )
it's the hand-made bullets that saved for the ring you wear.
Ebm
And I'll be wearing mine through the war cries.
Ebm7
I won't let them tear it from my hands.
Db
The waiting is over. The waiting is over,
( Db )
and I tell her as I go that
B
"I'm coming back."
Ebm7
But I may not be coming back.
F#
Promise me you won't forget this,
Db
but promise me you shall not dwell.
B
I'm coming back.
Ebm7
But I may not be coming back.
F#
Take the letters off the dresser
Db Ebm7
and fill the void with hearts and spades.
Ebm7
Oh, the outside air is cold.
Db Ebm7
You can see your breath for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles.
( Ebm7 ) Db ( Db )
Oh, heading north to war... To war.
Ebm7
Dreams take me back to the home I grew up in.
( Ebm7 ) Db
Take me back to that little house on the hill.
Db
It was there we felt alive we didn't care about the territory or the long story.
Ebm7
Take me back, take me back to the day we met.
( Ebm7 ) Db
Playing cards with the girl right down the road.
( Db )
Joking that the jack saw too much.
( Db )
You be hearts and I'll be spades.
B
"I'm coming back."
Ebm7
But I may not be coming back.
F#
Promise me you won't forget this,
Db
but promise me you shall not dwell.
B
I'm coming back.
Ebm7
But I may not be coming back.
F#
Take the letters off the dresser
Db
and fill the void with hearts and spades.
Ebm , Bb , B , Db
Ebm
Dear love,
Bb B Db
I write you with a heavy heart.
Ebm Db
And with this pen I lie to you, lie to you.
Bb
And with this pen I lie to you, lie to you
F#
And with this pen I lie to you, lie to you.
Ab
These letters are a lie.
Ebm Ebm7 Db
B Db
Ebm
Past the snow, past the fields, past the hills,
Db
we finally see the enemy we so greatly feared.
B
And in the image of 900 men lining the horizon,
Db
this is where my letters end.
Ebm
Ride with me, ride with me!
Db
Don't mistake their war cries for lullabies.
Ebm
Ride with me, die with me!
Db
Their fortune means our fate.
Ebm
Hold the line, hold the line!
Db
This will be the ground with which their bodies lie.
Ebm
Hold the line, force the fight!
Db
We'll never be the same.
Bridge:
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4-4---4-8---8-8---8---8-8---------------2-2---4-4---2-1--|
A|--2-2---2-6---9-9---6---9-6---4-4---4-4---4-4---2-2---4-2--|
E|------------------------------2-2---2-2--------------------|
Lead Part:
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------7---------------------------7--4----------------|
G|--------4---------------------------4----------------------|
D|-----6---------------------------6-------------------------|
A|--7---------------------------7----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge 2:
(play the Bridge again but palm muted)
Lead Part 2:
E|-------------------------|
B|-----------7--4--2--0/4--|
G|--------4----------------|
D|-----6-------------------|
A|--7----------------------|
E|-------------------------| x2
Solo:
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------1--3--4----4--3--1--3------------------------------------------1--3--4--3--1--0--|
D|-----------------1--2--4-------------------------4--1-------------------------6--6----2--------------------|
A|--------1--2--4------------------------------------------4h6h7--7p6--2--4--6-------------------------------|
E|--2--4-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--6--8--9b6--8----9--11--9--8--8\---9--11--9--8--9p8p6--6-6--8--9--6---6-6-8--9--5--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Alternatively you can play this throughout the bridge and solo:
Ebm Ebm7 Db
B Db
B
"I'm coming back."
Ebm7
But I may not be coming back.
F#
Promise me you won't forget this,
Db
but promise me you shall not dwell.
B
I'm coming back.
Ebm7
But I may not be coming back.
F#
Take the letters off the dresser
Db
and fill the void with hearts and spades.
End on a Ebm / Ebm7 chord
