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[Chords] Em D/F# D D5 Dsus2 Am G Fmaj7 F C E5 D6/9 Cmaj7 e|--0---0---2-------------0-----0---3---0------1---0---0---0-----0--| B|--0---3---3--3----------3-----1---3---1------1---1---0---0-----0--| G|--0---2---2--2--or--7---2-----2---0---2------2---0---9---7-----5--| D|--2---0---0--0------7---0-----2---0---3------3---2---9---7-----5--| A|--2---x-------------5---------0---2---3------3---3---7---5-----3--| E|--0---2---------------------------3----------1--------------------| [Movement 1: 00:00-03:10] [Instrumental intro] |Em D/F# |Em D Em | |Em D/F# |Em D | |Em D/F# |Em D Em | |Em D/F# |Em D |D |D | |Em |Em D5 Em |Em D |C |Em | (x2) |Am |G |Em |Fmaj7 | (x2) |Em D/F# |Em D Em | |Em D/F# |Em D | |Em D/F# |Em D Em | |Em D/F# |Em D |D |D | [Intro]
To rEmide the storm to an empire of the clouds D5 Em To ride the storm, they clDimbed aboard their sCilver ghost Em EmTo ride the storm to a kingdom that will come D5 Em To ride the storm and dDamn the rest oblCivion Em
[Verse 1]
AmRoyalty and dignitaries, brGandy and cigars Grey lEmady giant of the skies You hFmaj7old them in your arms The mAmillionth chance they laughed To take dGown his majesty's craft To EmIndia they say magic carpet flFmaj7oat away An OFmaj7ctober fateful day
[Movement 2: 03:10-06:58] [Instrumental] |Em |Em |Dsus2 C |Em | (x2) [Verse 2]
Mist is in the trEmees EmStone sweats with the dew The morning sDsus2unrise, rCed before the bEmlue Hanging at the mEmast, waiting for command His Majesty's Dsus2airship, the CR10Em1
[Verse 3]
She's the bAmiggest vessel built by man A gGiant of the skies For Emall you unbelievers, the TiFmaj7tanic fits inside DAmrum roll tight her canvas skin, sGilvered in the sun Never tEmested with the fury, with the Fmaj7beating yet to come The fFmaj7ury yet to come
[Verse 4]
In the gathering gE5loom E5 D6/9 E5 The storm rising in the west The coxswain sE5tared D6/9 Cmaj7 E5 Into the plunging weather glass
[Verse 5]
E5We must go now E5 D6/9 E5 We must take our chance with fate E5We must go now D6/9 Cmaj7 E5 For a politician, he can't be late
[Verse 6]
The aAmirship crew awake for thirty hGours at full stretch But the shEmip is in their backbone Every sFmaj7inew, every inch She nAmever flew at full speed, a trGial never done Her fEmragile outer cover her AcFmaj7hilles would become An AFmaj7chilles yet to come
[Verse 7] E5 D6/9 E5 Sailors of the sky, E5 D6/9 E5 A hardened breed D6/9 Cmaj7 E5 Loyal to the king and an airship creed E5 D6/9 E5 The engines drum, E5 D6/9 E5 The telegraph sounds D6/9 Cmaj7 E5 Release the cords that bind us to the ground [Verse 8]
Said the cAmoxswain "Sir, she's heavy, she'll nGever make this flight" Said the cEmaptain "Damn the cargo, we'll be Fmaj7on our way tonight" GAmroundlings cheered in wonder As she bGacked off from the mast BaptEmizing them her water from the bFmaj7allast fore and aft Now she sFmaj7lips into our past
[Movement 3: 06:58-15:12] [Instrumental Interlude] |Em D/F# |Em D Em | |Em D/F# |Em D | |Em D/F# |Em D Em | |Em D/F# |Em D |D | |E5 |E5 |C5 |B5 |A5 |G5 | |G |G |Em |Em |C |C |G |G | (x2) |G |G |Am |Bm |C |D |Em |Em | |E5 |E5 | |Am |C |Em |C | (x3) |Am |C |Em |Em | |Em |Em |Em |Em C |Em |Em |C |Am | |D |C |Em |Em |Em |Em | |Em |C |Am |C | (x2) |D |C |Em |Em |Em |Em | |Em |C |Am |C | (x4) |Em |C |Am |C D | (x2) |Em |Em |C |Am | (x2) |D |C |Em |Em |Em |Em | |Em |C |Am |C | (x2) |D |C |Em |Em |C |Am | |Am |F |Dm |F | (x6) [Verse 9]
EmFighting the wind as it rolls you CFeeling the diesels that push you along AmWatching the channel below you CLower and lower Dinto the night EmLights are passing below you CNorthern France asleep in their beds AmStorm is raging around you CA million to one, thDat's what he said
[Instrumental Break] |Em |Em |D |D |C |C |Em |Em | (x2) [Verse 10]
EmReaper standing beside her CWith his scythe cuts to the bone AmPanic to make a decision ExpCerienced men aslDeep in their graves Her Emcover is ripped and she's drowning CRain is flooding into the hull BlAmeeding to death and she's falling CLifting gas is drDaining away
[Instrumental Break] |Em |Em |D |D |C |C |Em |Em | |F |Em |F |Dsus2 |F |Em |F |C Dsus2 | |F |F |F |F | [Movement 4: 15:12-18:02] [Verse 11]
Am"We're down lads" came the cry Bow plGunging from the sky Three tEmhousand horses silent as the Fmaj7ship began to die The fAmlares to guide her path, ignGited at the last The Emempire of the clouds Just Fmaj7ashes in our past, just ashes at the last
[Instrumental] |Em D/F# |Em D Em | |Em D/F# |Em D | |Em D/F# |Em D Em | |Em D/F# |Em D | [Verse 12] E5 D6/9 Cmaj7 D6/9 Here lie their dreams as I stand in the sun E5 D6/9 Cmaj7 D6/9 On the ground where they built and the engines did run E5 D6/9 To the moon and the stars Cmaj7 D6/9 Now what have we done? E5 D6/9 Cmaj7 D6/9 Em D/F# Em D Oh, the dreamers may die, but the dreams live on
EmDreams live on,D/F# Em D Dreams liEmve on D/F# Em D Em D/F# Em D
[Instrumental Break] |Em |Em |Dsus2 C |Em | [Outro]
Now a shadow on a hEmill, the angel of the east The empire of the Dsus2clouds may rCest in peEmace And in a country chEmurchyard laid head to the mast Eight and forty sDsus2ouls who cCame to die in EmFrance
[Ending] |Dsus2 C |Em |