Em
With a knock, knock and my eyes come open.
Em7
I light a match and orange fills the room.
D
The candle-light dancing off the walls.
D
and the movement's enough to wake her up.
Em
The men are outside with their torches.
Em7
I hear the hooves of the horses I must lead.
D
Would you fill up this flask with your moonshine
D
I'll need it to keep myself warm through this snowy storm.
Em
And hide your tears till my sights are out the door.
Em7
It's hard enough to leave for a war I don't believe.
D
Would you fill up this gun with melted soldiers,
D
it's the hand-made bullets that saved for the ring you wear.
Em
And I'll be wearing mine through the war cries.
Em7
I won't let them tear it from my hands.
D
The waiting is over. The waiting is over,
D
and I tell her as I go that
C
"I'm coming back."
Em7
But I may not be coming back.
G
Promise me you won't forget this,
D
but promise me you shall not dwell.
C
I'm coming back.
Em7
But I may not be coming back.
G
Take the letters off the dresser
D Em7
and fill the void with hearts and spades.
Em7
Oh, the outside air is cold.
D D Em7
You can see your breath for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles.
Em7 D D
Oh, heading north to war... To war.
Em7
Dreams take me back to the home I grew up in.
Em7 D
Take me back to that little house on the hill.
D
It was there we felt alive we didn't care about the territory or the long story.
Em7
Take me back, take me back to the day we met.
Em7 D
Playing cards with the girl right down the road.
D
Joking that the jack saw too much.
D
You be hearts and I'll be spades.
C
"I'm coming back."
Em7
But I may not be coming back.
G
Promise me you won't forget this,
D
but promise me you shall not dwell.
C
I'm coming back.
Em7
But I may not be coming back.
G
Take the letters off the dresser
D
and fill the void with hearts and spades.
Em B C B
Em
Dear love,
B C B
I write you with a heavy heart.
Em D
And with this pen I lie to you, lie to you.
B C
And with this pen I lie to you, lie to you
G
And with this pen I lie to you, lie to you.
A
These letters are a lie.
Em Em7 D
C D
Em
Past the snow, past the fields, past the hills,
D
we finally see the enemy we so greatly feared.
C
And in the image of 900 men lining the horizon,
D
this is where my letters end.
Em
Ride with me, ride with me!
D
Don't mistake their war cries for lullabies.
Em
Ride with me, die with me!
D
Their fortune means our fate.
Em
Hold the line, hold the line!
D
This will be the ground with which their bodies lie.
Em
Hold the line, force the fight!
D
We'll never be the same.
(Im not sure what they play during this bridge/solo section, so I just play the following chords)
Em Em7 D
C D
C
"I'm coming back."
Em7
But I may not be coming back.
G
Promise me you won't forget this,
D
but promise me you shall not dwell.
C
I'm coming back.
Em7
But I may not be coming back.
G
Take the letters off the dresser
D
and fill the void with hearts and spades.
End on Em or Em7