Biography:
One part roaring sea shanty, one part haunting Irish melody, and a solid chaser of gut-crunching street punk. This ragtag group of drunken misfits stays true to the ancient ballads and bawlers that once drove sailors around the world, all the while smashing out modern punk with a fury and intensity that is unmatched anywhere.
Formed in 2006 over pints of cheap beer at East Vancouver’s notoriously violent Ivanhoe Hotel, The Dreadnoughts cut their teeth in the roughest dive bars in the city.
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[Verse 1]
C
He was just 18
Dm Am
When he saw her smiling face
C Em Am
As she danced along the streets of Montreal
C
And in 1916
Dm Am
She gave her hand for him to hold
C Em Am
In the church beneath the ancient city walls
C Em Dm Am
But now he lies awake, staring in up into the dark
C Em Am
At the eyes of a million tiny gods
Dm C Em Am G
And when the sun comes up, they'll go over the top, for good
[Chorus 1]
N.C. Am
So he writes her black letters
C G
By the time you read these words
Em Am Dm
There will be no more war, for me
Em Am
There will be, only peace
[Verse 2]
C
He was her only son
Dm Am
And she rocked him back and forth
C Em Am
In the cradle of the tall Alberta grain
C
And he was scarce a man
Dm Am
When he answered the call
C Em Am
Left her crying as he stepped onto the train
C Am Dm Em
And she was all alone, staring up into the moon
C Em Am
As his body hit the sand beneath Calais
C Am Dm Em G
And when the sun came up, his words were on the steps for her
[Chorus 2]
N.C. Am
And she read his black letters
C G
By the time you read these words
Em Am Dm
There will be no more war, for me
Em Am
There will be, only peace
[Verse 3]
C
Well the day will come
Dm Am
We look into the eyes
C Em Am
Of a fate that is much greater than us all
C
And by the setting sun
Dm Am
We'll write the words we'd wish to echo
C Em Am
In the hearts of our loved ones should we fall
C Am Dm Em
Those thin dark lines, so delicate and fine
C Em Am
Like a road that could show the way back home
C Em Dm Am G
But at the ending of the day, our memories will fade for good
[Chorus 3]
N.C. Am
Except for our black letters
C G
By the time you read these words
Em Am Dm
There will be no more war, for me
Em Am
There will be, only peace
C
He was just 18
Dm Am
When he saw her smiling face
C Em Am
As she danced along the streets of Montreal
C
And in 1916
Dm Am
She gave her hand for him to hold
C Em Am
In the church beneath the ancient city walls
C Em Dm Am
But now he lies awake, staring in up into the dark
C Em Am
At the eyes of a million tiny gods
Dm C Em Am G
And when the sun comes up, they'll go over the top, for good
[Chorus 1]
N.C. Am
So he writes her black letters
C G
By the time you read these words
Em Am Dm
There will be no more war, for me
Em Am
There will be, only peace
[Verse 2]
C
He was her only son
Dm Am
And she rocked him back and forth
C Em Am
In the cradle of the tall Alberta grain
C
And he was scarce a man
Dm Am
When he answered the call
C Em Am
Left her crying as he stepped onto the train
C Am Dm Em
And she was all alone, staring up into the moon
C Em Am
As his body hit the sand beneath Calais
C Am Dm Em G
And when the sun came up, his words were on the steps for her
[Chorus 2]
N.C. Am
And she read his black letters
C G
By the time you read these words
Em Am Dm
There will be no more war, for me
Em Am
There will be, only peace
[Verse 3]
C
Well the day will come
Dm Am
We look into the eyes
C Em Am
Of a fate that is much greater than us all
C
And by the setting sun
Dm Am
We'll write the words we'd wish to echo
C Em Am
In the hearts of our loved ones should we fall
C Am Dm Em
Those thin dark lines, so delicate and fine
C Em Am
Like a road that could show the way back home
C Em Dm Am G
But at the ending of the day, our memories will fade for good
[Chorus 3]
N.C. Am
Except for our black letters
C G
By the time you read these words
Em Am Dm
There will be no more war, for me
Em Am
There will be, only peace
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