The Nightwatchman - Battle hymns

^DmBattle hymns for the ^Fbroken ^BmBattle hymns for the ^Ammisled ^CBattle hymns for the ^Awretched ^DmThe forgotten and the dead ^DmBattle hymns of ^Fredemption ^BmOf solidarity ^Amand pride ^CBattle hymns we will ^Abe singing ^DmAt the turning of the tide

^DmCan you explain to the mothers ^FAnd the fathers of those ^CWho come riding home in coffins ^DmIn their military clothes ^DmShiny medals pinned ^FTo their dead teenage chests ^CWhile the trumpets blare ^DmAnd you lie your best ^DmSo ask all you want ^FFrom the dusk til the dawn ^CThe answer's still no ^DmCause brother I'm gone ^DmBattle hymns for the ^Fbroken ^BmBattle hymns for the ^Ammisled ^CBattle hymns for the ^Awretched ^DmThe forgotten and the dead ^DmBattle hymns of ^Fredemption ^BmOf solidarity and ^Ampride ^CBattle hymns we will ^Abe singing ^DmAt the turning of the tide ^FCan you explain ^Caway the sleight ^Aof hand ^AmAnd the criminality ^COf spending souls for oil ^DmWell in the mirror I can see ^DmI am the path that leads down ^FI am a dark and bloody hall ^CI'm the reaper, executioner ^DmHangman, judge, and the law ^DmSo tie a yellow ribbon ^FRound the oak tree on the lawn ^CBut the cavalry's not comin' ^DmCause brother they're gone ^DmBattle hymns for the ^Fbroken ^BmBattle hymns for the ^Ammisled ^CBattle hymns for the ^Awretched ^DmThe forgotten and the dead ^DmBattle hymns of ^Fredemption ^BmOf solidarity a^Amnd pride ^CBattle hymns we will ^Abe singing ^DmAt the turning of the tide ^FSo^C I^A'm sharpening my shovel ^AmI'm firing the kiln ^CI'm blind and I am purposeful ^DmA martyr on the hill ^DmThe dream you might be dreaming ^FMight be someone else's dream tonight ^CI'm the whisperer of misgivings ^DmI'm the fading tail light ^DmI'm the call for retribution ^FFrom the back of the smoke filled hall ^CI'm the vow of bitterness ^DmI'm the poison in the well ^DmI've a photographic memory ^FOf the deeds I will avenge ^CI'm the cold in the river hollow ^DmI've a hatpin, I've a plan ^DmI don't care of cause or consequence ^FHead shaved and body lean ^CI'm the go getter, the score settler ^DmI'm the shadow on the green ^DmThere's a flock of blackbirds flying ^FNearly ten thousand strong ^CWho set off this morning ^DmAnd brother they're gone ^DmBattle hymns for ^Fthe broken ^BmBattle hymns for th^Ame misled ^CBattle hymns for ^Athe wretched ^DmThe forgotten, for the dead ^DmBattle hymns of ^Fredemption ^COf solidarity and^A pride ^DmBattle hymns we will be singing ^DmAt the turning of the tide