Biography:
Strawbs are an English rock band founded in 1964. Led throughout by talented musician Dave Cousins, they are best-known for their folk-rock and progressive rock albums of the 1970s and for including Sandy Denny as an early member of the band (before she joined Fairport Convention) and Rick Wakeman for two albums (before he moved on to Yes).
Strawbs were originally known as the Strawberry Hill Boys. Their long-time leader and most active songwriter is guitarist and singer Dave Cousins (guitar
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Other songs:
- A Glimpse Of Heaven
- A Mind Of My Own
- Afraid To Let Go
- Alexander The Great
- Alices Song
- All The Little Ladies
- Another Day
- Autumn
- Back In The Old Routine
- Back On The Farm
- Backside
- Barcarole For The Death Of Venice
- Beneath The Angry Sky
- Benedictus
- Beside The Rio Grande
- Burning For Me
- Carry Me Home
- Changes Arrange Us
- Christmas Cheer
- Christmas Cheer Everythings Going To Be Alright
- Close Your Eyes
- Cold Steel
- Cry No More
- Cut Like A Diamond
- Deadly Nightshade
- Deep In The Darkest Night
- Do You Remember
- Dont Try To Change Me
- Everybody Knows
- Face Down In The Well
- Flight
- Flying
- Forever Ocean Blue
- Further Down The Road
- Goodbye Is Not An Easy Word To Say
- Grace Darling
- Hanging In The Gallery
- Heartbreaker
- Heavy Disguise
- Here Today Gone Tomorrow
- Here Todaygone Tomorrow
- Hero And Heroine
- Hey Little Man Thursdays Child
- Hey Little Man Wednesdays Child
- I Dont Want To Talk About It
- I Feel Your Loving Coming On
- I Only Want My Love To Grow In You
- I Turned My Face Into The Wind
- Ill Carry On Beside You
- Ill Show You Where To Sleep
- In Amongst The Roses
- Is It Today Lord
- Ive Been My Own Worst Friend
- Joey And Me
- Josephine For Better Or For Worse
- Keep On Trying
- Keep The Devil Outside
- Lady Fuschia
- Lay A Little Light On Me
- Lay Down
- Lemon Pie
- Little Sleepy
- Midnight Sun
- Might As Well Be On Mars
- Morning Glory
- My Friend Peter
- New Beginnings
- New World
- No Return
- Not All The Flowers Grow
- October To May
- Oh How She Changed
- On A Night Like This
- On Growing Older
- Or Am I Dreaming
- Out In The Cold
- Part Of The Union
- Pieces Of 79 And 15
- Poor Jimmy Wilson
- Revenge Can Be So Sweet
- Rhythm Of The Night
- Ringing Down The Years
- Round And Round
- Russian Front
- Sealed With A Traitors Kiss
- Shadowland
- Shine On Silver Sun
- So Close And Yet So Far Away
- Starshine Angel Wine
- Stone Cold Is The Womans Heart
- Stormy Down
- Strange Day Over The Hill
- Sunday Morning
- Taking A Chance
- Tell Me What You See In Me
- Thank You
- The Battle
- The Flower And The Young Man
- The Hangman And The Papist
- The Journeys End
- The King
- The Last Resort
- The Man Who Called Himself Jesus
- The Man Who Would Never Leave Grimsby
- The Plain
- The Promised Land
- The River
- The Soldiers Tale
- The Weary Song
- The Winter Long
- Thirty Days
- This Barren Land
- Til The Sun Comes Shining Through
- To Be Free
- Too Many Angels
- Under A Cloudless Sky
- Wasting My Time Thinking Of You
- Well Meet Again Sometime
- When The Lights Came On
- Where Am I
- Where Do You Go
- Where Do You Go When You Need A Hole To Crawl In
- Where Silent Shadows Fall
- Will You Go
- Winter And The Summer
- Witchwood
- Words Of Wisdom
- You And I When We Were Young
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Strawbs - The Battle
INTRO: C Em C Em
Am Em D Em C D C D
A Em A Em Am Em D Em
C Em C
Em
In the early dawn the Bishop's men
D Em
Shivered in the damp
D
But the shiver came not from the cold
C D
And spread throughout the camp
A Em
The trembling horses sensed the fear
A Em
Of silent thoughtful men
Am Em
Who prayed that wives and families
D Em C Em C
Might see them once again
Em
The Bishop sent a dawn patrol
D Em
To investigate the weight
D
Of forces at the King's command
C D
Ensconced behind the gate
A Em
The ground mist hid the patrol's approach
A Em
As they drew close enough to show
Am Em
The sentries on the battlements
D Em C Em C
And an archer drew his bow
Em
From the topmost tower a sentry fell
D Em
As an arrow pierced his skull
D
And his headlong flight into the moat
C D
Seemed that of a gull
A Em
The patrol reported little
A Em
There was nothing much to see
Am Em
But the strong and silent castle
D Em C Em C
A symbol of the free
N.C. Em
The King's men took communion
N.C. D N.C. Em
As the first rays of the sun
N.C. D N.C.
Lit up the chapel's gloomy walls
C D
The fatal day begun
A Em
From the castle green the rooks took flight
A Em
To the high trees in the east
Am Em
To their carrion minds the battlefield
D Em C Em C
Set a table for a feast
Em
A tide of black, the Bishop's men
D Em
Equality their right
D
Swarmed like ants across the hill
C D
Their aim at last in sight
A Em
The King's men dressed in purest white
A Em
Were driven back by force
Am Em
And the fighting grew more violent
D Em C Em C
As the battle took its course
Em
The Bishops gave the order
D Em
"No mercy to be shown.
D
The sacrifice will reap rewards
C D
When the King is overthrown"
A Em
The sight of children lying dead
A Em
Made hardened soldiers weep
Am Em
The outer walls began to fall
D Em C Em C
They moved towards the keep
Em
The rooks surveyed the battlefield
D Em
Their hungry beady eyes
D
Revelled in the sight of death
C D
Showing no surprise
A Em
The pressure mounted steadily
A Em
As the Bishops neared the gate
Am Em
And the desperate King called to his knights
D Em C Em C
"It's your lives or the state"
Em
When the anxious King began to fail
D Em
As many thought he might
D
The Queen ran screaming round the walls
C D
And urged the men to fight
A Em
The Bishops' men were tiring
A Em
As the afternoon grew late
Am Em
And the King's men lowered the drawbridge
D Em C Em C
And poured out through the gate
Em
They fought their way across the bridge
D Em
The men like falling leaves
D
Or ears of corn that fall in swathes
C D
The vicious sickle cleaves
A Em
The tide receded up the hill
A Em
The waste of reclaimed land
Am Em
Once decaying swamp became
D Em C Em C
A shore of pure white sand
Em
A blinded priest was seen to bless
D Em
Both dying and the dead
D
As he stumbled around the battlefield
C D
His cassock running red
A Em
If uniform were black or white
A Em
His eyes could never see
Am Em
And death made no distinction
D Em C Em C
Whatever man he be
Em
As darkness fell both camps withdrew
D Em
Their soldiers slain like cattle
D
Leaving the rooks to feast alone
C D
The victors of the battle
F#m Em
At evensong the camps reviewed
F#m Em
Their sad depleted ranks
D C
As survivors of the battle
Bm D A
Gave god their grateful thanks
INTRO: C Em C Em
Am Em D Em C D C D
A Em A Em Am Em D Em
C Em C
Em
In the early dawn the Bishop's men
D Em
Shivered in the damp
D
But the shiver came not from the cold
C D
And spread throughout the camp
A Em
The trembling horses sensed the fear
A Em
Of silent thoughtful men
Am Em
Who prayed that wives and families
D Em C Em C
Might see them once again
Em
The Bishop sent a dawn patrol
D Em
To investigate the weight
D
Of forces at the King's command
C D
Ensconced behind the gate
A Em
The ground mist hid the patrol's approach
A Em
As they drew close enough to show
Am Em
The sentries on the battlements
D Em C Em C
And an archer drew his bow
Em
From the topmost tower a sentry fell
D Em
As an arrow pierced his skull
D
And his headlong flight into the moat
C D
Seemed that of a gull
A Em
The patrol reported little
A Em
There was nothing much to see
Am Em
But the strong and silent castle
D Em C Em C
A symbol of the free
N.C. Em
The King's men took communion
N.C. D N.C. Em
As the first rays of the sun
N.C. D N.C.
Lit up the chapel's gloomy walls
C D
The fatal day begun
A Em
From the castle green the rooks took flight
A Em
To the high trees in the east
Am Em
To their carrion minds the battlefield
D Em C Em C
Set a table for a feast
Em
A tide of black, the Bishop's men
D Em
Equality their right
D
Swarmed like ants across the hill
C D
Their aim at last in sight
A Em
The King's men dressed in purest white
A Em
Were driven back by force
Am Em
And the fighting grew more violent
D Em C Em C
As the battle took its course
Em
The Bishops gave the order
D Em
"No mercy to be shown.
D
The sacrifice will reap rewards
C D
When the King is overthrown"
A Em
The sight of children lying dead
A Em
Made hardened soldiers weep
Am Em
The outer walls began to fall
D Em C Em C
They moved towards the keep
Em
The rooks surveyed the battlefield
D Em
Their hungry beady eyes
D
Revelled in the sight of death
C D
Showing no surprise
A Em
The pressure mounted steadily
A Em
As the Bishops neared the gate
Am Em
And the desperate King called to his knights
D Em C Em C
"It's your lives or the state"
Em
When the anxious King began to fail
D Em
As many thought he might
D
The Queen ran screaming round the walls
C D
And urged the men to fight
A Em
The Bishops' men were tiring
A Em
As the afternoon grew late
Am Em
And the King's men lowered the drawbridge
D Em C Em C
And poured out through the gate
Em
They fought their way across the bridge
D Em
The men like falling leaves
D
Or ears of corn that fall in swathes
C D
The vicious sickle cleaves
A Em
The tide receded up the hill
A Em
The waste of reclaimed land
Am Em
Once decaying swamp became
D Em C Em C
A shore of pure white sand
Em
A blinded priest was seen to bless
D Em
Both dying and the dead
D
As he stumbled around the battlefield
C D
His cassock running red
A Em
If uniform were black or white
A Em
His eyes could never see
Am Em
And death made no distinction
D Em C Em C
Whatever man he be
Em
As darkness fell both camps withdrew
D Em
Their soldiers slain like cattle
D
Leaving the rooks to feast alone
C D
The victors of the battle
F#m Em
At evensong the camps reviewed
F#m Em
Their sad depleted ranks
D C
As survivors of the battle
Bm D A
Gave god their grateful thanks
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