---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Chariot - The Cat Empire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: fishy_sluggish Email: psycho_slug07@hotmail.com Tuning:Normal Verse 1:

^DmThis is a song that came u^Fpon me one night When the n^Dmews it had been telling me About o^Fne more war and o^Gne more fight And 'a^Dmeh' I sighed but then I tho^Fught about my friends Then I wr^Dmote this declaration Just in c^Fase the world e^Gnd

Verse 2: Our guns

^Dm We shot them i^Fn the things we said Ah we di^Dmdn't need no bullets Cos we re^Fly on some wo^Grds instead ^DmKill someone in argument ^FOutwit them with our brains And we'd k^Dmill ourselves laughing At the fu^Fnny things we'd s^Gay

Verse 3: And bombs

^Dm We had them sa^Fved for special times When the c^Dmrew would call a shakedown We br^Feak down a pa^Grty landmine ^DmWomen that so sexy They exp^Flode us with their looks Ah we blo^Dmwing up some speakers Jumping ro^Fund till the gr^Gound shook

Verse 4: And missiles

^Dm They were the road^Ftrips that we launched T-t-tri^Dmpping across this island Starting mis^Fsions at the br^Geak of dawn Y^Dmawn and smile say What dir^Fection shall we take? ^DmSomewhere where it warm and wet ^FThis be the route we'd al^Gways take and

Chorus:

^Dm Our weapons were our i^Dmnstruments ^FMade from ti^Gmber and st^Feel We never yield^Dmed to conformity But st^Dmood like kings In a cha^Friot that's riding on a Rec^Gord wheel

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^Dm Our weapons were our i^Dmnstruments ^FMade from ti^Gmber and st^Feel We never yield^Dmed to conformity But st^Dmood like kings In a cha^Friot that's riding on a Rec^Gord wheel

Chorus:

^Dm Our weapons were our i^Dmnstruments ^FMade from ti^Gmber and st^Feel We never yield^Dmed to conformity But st^Dmood like kings In a cha^Friot that's riding on a Rec^Gord wheel

And our air^Dmforce flying When the fri^Fsbee in the sky Have a se^Dmssion while we're smoking Now we're fee^Fling extra h^Gigh And we'd s^Dmneak into a carpark With the ska^Fties on our back And we're fl^Dmying down the levels howling On the at^Ftack now on the a^Gttack

Verse 6: And battles

^Dm They happened in th^Fese dancehalls See we'd ra^Dmther fight with music Choo^Fsing one the rhy^Gthm war ^DmBattle at these shakedowns And we ba^Fttle at these gigs We do ba^Dmttle in our bedrooms Made some sw^Feet love to the b^Geat

Bridge:

Then our al^Dmlies grew Where^Fver we would roam See when^Dmever we're together Any stra^Fnger feel at h^Gome In a w^Dmay we are an army But this a^Frmy not destruct No ins^Dmtead we're doing simple things Good lo^Fving find it r^Gun amuck

Verse 7:

^DmThis be a declaration Wri^Ftten about my friends It's eng^Dmraved into this song So they k^Fnow I'm not forg^Getting them See ma^Dmybe if the world contained M^Fore people like these Then the n^Dmews would not be telling me About a^Fll that warfare endl^Gessly and

Chorus:

^Dm Our weapons were our i^Dmnstruments ^FMade from ti^Gmber and st^Feel We never yield^Dmed to conformity But st^Dmood like kings In a cha^Friot that's riding on a Rec^Gord wheel

The Cat Empire - Chariot