Artist: Jim Lockey and the Solemn Sun
Song: Warriors
Capo 2
[Intro]
G G C G D C G
[Verse 1]
G
If I was the warrior, who will fight
for his sons and daughters and all their rights,
Am C G
well I’d be the bottom of this ladder but I guess that’s alright.
Am C G
And I’d be the criminal man, in the dark of the night.
G
But if I was the lord who rides in the night
with his dogs and horses and has a fight,
C G
well I’d be the top of this ladder and what everyone likes.
D C G
And I’d be the saviour of this kingdom, well yeah fucking right.
[Chorus]
Em C G
Our children play down by the waterside,
Em C G
while my wife softly sings to herself,
Em C G
I will be riding for hours to the battleground,
Am C G
where all these warriors fight for their pockets of gold and their lives.
[Verse 2]
G
If I was the lord who will cower with shields,
these castles are building themselves as we kneel,
C G
and we’ll be the bottom of this ladder but I guess that’s alright.
D C G
And you’ll be the saviour of this kingdom, well yeah fucking right.
[Chorus]
Em C G
Our children play down by the waterside,
Em C G
while my wife softly sings to herself,
Em C G
I will be riding for hours to the battleground,
Am C
where all these warriors fight for their pockets of gold and their lives.
[Instrumental]
C Am C Am D Am Em
[Chorus]
Em C G
Our children are left in this silence,
Em C G
in the wake of what we’ve left behind.
Em C G
Oh but if all that they have is a spirit that’s whole
Am C
then they’re richer than men with their houses of gold.
[Outro]
Em C G
And they’re braver than all of these warriors,
Em C G
‘cause they know to love is to have all you need,
Em C
but you will be chased by your gods for your bodies my friends,
Am C G
for the rest of your life, ’til the last blink of the all-seeing eye.