Battle Hymns

Capo 3rd Fret (chords not lined up perfectly)

Dm F

Battle hymns for the broken

Bm Am

Battle hymns for the misled

C A

Battle hymns for the wretched

Dm

The forgotten and the dead

Dm F

Battle hymns of redemption

Bm Am

Of solidarity and pride

C A

Battle hymns we will be singing

Dm

At the turning of the tide

Dm F C

Dm

Can you explain to the mothers

F

And the fathers of those

C

Who come riding home in coffins

Dm

In their military clothes

Dm

Shiny medals pinned

F

To their dead teenage chests

C

While the trumpets blare

Dm

And you lie your best

Dm

So ask all you want

F

From the dusk til the dawn

C

The answer's still no

Dm

Cause brother I'm gone

Dm F

Battle hymns for the broken

Bm Am

Battle hymns for the misled

C A

Battle hymns for the wretched

Dm

The forgotten and the dead

Dm F

Battle hymns of redemption

Bm Am

Of solidarity and pride

C A

Battle hymns we will be singing

Dm

At the turning of the tide

F C A

Can you explain away the sleight of hand

Am

And the criminality

C

Of spending souls for oil

Dm

Well in the mirror I can see

Dm

I am the path that leads down

F

I am a dark and bloody hall

C

I'm the reaper, executioner

Dm

Hangman, judge, and the law

Dm

So tie a yellow ribbon

F

Round the oak tree on the lawn

C

But the cavalry's not comin'

Dm

Cause brother they're gone

Dm F

Battle hymns for the broken

Bm Am

Battle hymns for the misled

C A

Battle hymns for the wretched

Dm

The forgotten and the dead

Dm F

Battle hymns of redemption

Bm Am

Of solidarity and pride

C A

Battle hymns we will be singing

Dm

At the turning of the tide

F C A

So I'm sharpening my shovel

Am

I'm firing the kiln

C

I'm blind and I am purposeful

Dm

A martyr on the hill

Dm

The dream you might be dreaming

F

Might be someone else's dream tonight

C

I'm the whisperer of misgivings

Dm

I'm the fading tail light

Dm

I'm the call for retribution

F

From the back of the smoke filled hall

C

I'm the vow of bitterness

Dm

I'm the poison in the well

Dm

I've a photographic memory

F

Of the deeds I will avenge

C

I'm the cold in the river hollow

Dm

I've a hatpin, I've a plan

Dm

I don't care of cause or consequence

F

Head shaved and body lean

C

I'm the go getter, the score settler

Dm

I'm the shadow on the green

Dm

There's a flock of blackbirds flying

F

Nearly ten thousand strong

C

Who set off this morning

Dm

And brother they're gone

Dm F

Battle hymns for the broken

Bm Am

Battle hymns for the misled

C A

Battle hymns for the wretched

Dm

The forgotten, for the dead

Dm F

Battle hymns of redemption

C A

Of solidarity and pride

Dm

Battle hymns we will be singing

Dm

At the turning of the tide