Em 0-2-2-0-0-0
Cadd9 x-3-2-0-3-3
Bm x-2-4-4-3-2 (alternative to G/B, I recommend to use Bm in the verses)
[Intro]
CG/BAm7GAm7G/BCDsus4D
[Verse 1]
Am7G/BCD
I cross the green mountain, I sit by the stream
Am7G/BCD
Heaven blazing in my head, I dreamt a monstrous dream
CG/BAm7Dsus4DDsus2D
Something came up out of the sea
EmCDEm
Swept through the land of, the rich and the free
CGD
[Verse 2]
Am7G/BCD
I look into the eyes, of my merciful friend
Am7G/BCD
And then i ask myself, is this the end?
CG/BAm7Dsus4DDsus2D
Memories linger, sad yet sweet and I
EmCDEm
think of the souls in heaven who will meet
CGD
[Chorus]
CG/BAm7G
Altars are burning, with flames far and wide
CG/BAm7Dsus4DDsus2D
The foe has crossed over from the other side
CG/BAm7G
They tip their caps, from the top of the hill
Am7G/BCadd9Dsus4D
You can feel them come, more brave blood to spill
[Verse 3]
Am7G/BCD
Along the dim, Atlantic line
Am7G/BCD
the ravaged land, lies for miles behind
CG/BAm7Dsus4DDsus2D
The light's coming forward and the streets are broad
EmCDEm
All must yield to the avenging God
CGCG
[Chorus]
CG/BAm7G
The world is old, the world is gray
CG/BAm7Dsus4DDsus2D
Lessons of life, can't be learned in a day
CG/BAm7G
I watch and I wait, and I listen while I stand
Am7G/BCadd9Dsus4D
To the music that comes from a far-better land
[Verse 4]
Am7G/BCD
Close the eyes of our captain, peace may he know
Am7G/BCD
His long night is done, the great leader is laid low
CG/BAm7Dsus4DDsus2D
He was ready to fall, he was quick to defend
EmCDEm
Killed outright he was, by his own men
CGCG
[Verse 5]
Am7G/BCD
It's the last day's last hour, of the last happy year
Am7G/BCD
I feel that the unknown world is so near
CG/BAm7Dsus4DDsus2D
Pride will vanish and glory will rot
EmCDEm
But virtue lives and cannot be forgot
CGD
[Verse 6]
Am7G/BCD
The bells of leavening have rung
Am7G/BCD
There's blasphemy on every tongue
CG/BAm7Dsus4DDsus2D
Let 'em say that I walked in fair nature's light
EmCDEm
And that I was loyal to truth and to right
CGCG
[Chorus]
CG/BAm7G
Serve God and be cheerful, look upward, beyond
CG/BAm7Dsus4DDsus2D
Beyond the darkness of masks, the surprises of dawn
CG/BAm7G
In the deep green grasses of the blood stained world
Am7G/BCadd9Dsus4D
They never dreamed of surrenderin', they fell where they stood
[Verse 7]
Am7G/BCD
Stars fell over Alabama, I saw each star
Am7G/BCD
You're walkin' in dreams, whoever you are
CG/BAm7Dsus4DDsus2D
Chilled are the skies, keen as the frost
EmCDEm
The ground's froze hard and the morning is lost
CGCG
[Verse 8]
Am7G/BCD
A letter to mother came today
Am7G/BCD
Gunshot wound to the breast is what it did say
CG/BAm7Dsus4DDsus2D
But he'll be better soon, he's in a hospital bed
EmCDEm
But he'll never be better - he's already dead
CGCG
[Verse 9]
Am7G/BCD
I'm ten miles outside the city, and I'm lifted away
Am7G/BCD
In an ancient light, that is not of day
CG/BAm7Dsus4DDsus2D
They were calm, they were blunt, we knew 'em all too well
EmCDEm
We loved each other more than we ever dared to tell
CGCadd9G