Chris de Burgh - Crusader
From the album: Crusader (1979)
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This song is originally played with a 12-snared guitar.
Intro:
Am G F F G
Am G F F G
Am G F F G
Am G F Em A B7
Em G
"What do I do next?" said the bishop to the priest,
Am C D
"I have spent my whole life waiting, preparing for the feast,
Em G
And now you say Jerusalem has fallen and is lost,
Am C D Em
The king of heathen Saracen has seized the holy cross,"
Em G
Then the priest said "Oh my bishop, we must put them to the sword,
Am C D
For God in all His mercy will find a just reward,
Em G
For the noblemen and sinners, and knights of ready hand,
Am C D Em D C
Who will be the Lord's Crusader, send word through all the land,
D Em D C
Jerusalem is lost,
D Em D C
Jerusalem is lost,
D Em
Jerusalem is lost,
Em G
"Tell me what to do", said the king upon his throne,
Am C D
"but speak to me in whispers for we are not alone,
Em G
They tell me that Jerusalem has fallen to the hand,
Am C D Em
Of some bedeviled eastern Heathen who has seized the Holy Land,"
Em G
Then the chamberlain said "Lord, we must call upon our foes
Am C D
In Spain and France and Germany to end our bitter wars,
Em G
All Christian men must be as one and gather for the fight,
Am C D Em D C
You will be their leader, begin the battle cry,
D Em D C
Jerusalem is lost,
D Em D C
Jerusalem is lost,
D Em F
Jerusalem is lost,
Am F
Ooh, high on a hill, in the town of Jerusalem,
Am F
There stood Saladin, the king of the Saracens,
G E7 Am G F
Whoring and drinking and snoring and sinking, around him his army lay,
C E7 Am
Secure in the knowledge that he had won the day,
Am F
A messenger came, blood on his feet and a wound in his chest,
Am F
"The Christians are coming!" he said, "I have seen their cross in the west,"
G E7
In a rage Saladin struck him down with his knife,
Am F
And he said "I know that this man lies,
C E7 Am
They quarrel too much, the Christians could never unite!
F G Am F E
I am invincible, I am the king,
F G Am F G Am G F G Am G F
I am invincible, and I will win... I will win,
Am F
Closer they came, the army of Richard the Lionheart,
Am F
Marching by day and night, with soldiers from every part,
G E7 Am F
And when the Crusaders came over the mountain and they saw Jerusalem,
C E7 Am
They fell to their knees and prayed for her release,
Am F
They started the battle at dawn, taking the city by storm,
Am
With horsemen and bowmen and engines of war,
F
They broke through the city walls,
G E7
The Heathens were flying and screaming and dying,
Am F
And the Christian swords were strong,
C E7 Am
And Saladin ran when he heard their victory song,
F G Am F E
We are invincible, God is the king,
F G Am F G Am F Am F G C
We are invincible, and we will win!
Am F G Am G Em F Am F Am G Em F Am F Am G Em F G C Am
Am G F F G
Am G F F G
Am G F Em A B7
Em G
"What do I do now?" said the wise man to the fool,
Am C D
"I have spent my whole life searching, to find the Golden Rule,
Em G
Though centuries have disappeared, the memory still remains,
Am C D Em
Of those enemies together, could it be that way again?"
Em G
Then the fool said "Oh you wise men, you really make me laugh,
Am C D
With your talk of vast persuasion and searching through the past,
Em G
There is only greed and evil in the men who fight today,
Am C D Em D C
The song of the Crusader has long since gone away,
D Em D C
Jerusalem is lost,
D Em D C
Jerusalem is lost,
D Em D C
Jerusalem is lost,
D Em D C
Jerusalem is lost,
D Em D C
Jerusalem is lost,
D Em D C
Jerusalem is lost,
D Em D C
Jerusalem is lost,
D Em D C
Jerusalem is lost,
D Em D C
Jerusalem is lost,
D Em D C
Jerusalem is lost,
D Em D C
Jerusalem is lost,
D E
Jerusalem.....
