Gm Bb Gm Bb D Cm Gm Bb D Gm
[Verse 1]
Gm Bb
Across the savage skies and through the fissures in the fields
Gm Bb F
the rumble of the engines and the trundle of the wheels.
Cm Gm
Through hell and horror trudge and yet our spirits never yield.
Bb D Gm
Will they sing of these forsaken pawns of war?
[Chorus]
Gm Bb F Gm
Hoist the flags, hold the lines, lessons ever lost to time.
Bb D Gm
Now we sing for you, departed pawns of war.
[Verse 2]
Gm Bb
My bonnie lays afar upon a lonely eiderdown
Gm Bb F
while I dream of rats and tar within my burrow in the ground.
Cm Gm
Infernal gaping scar of boiling mud and thundering sound,
Bb D Gm
they won't sing of this forsaken pawn of war.
[Chorus]
Gm Bb F Gm
Hoist the flags, hold the lines, lessons ever lost to time.
Bb D Gm
Now we sing for you, departed pawns of war.
[Bridge]
D D D D
D D
Death on the dunes, we feed the deserts.
D D
Blood of the empires on the sand.
Gm Bb Gm Bb D Cm Gm Bb D Gm
[Chorus]
Gm Bb F Gm
Hoist the flags, hold the lines, lessons ever lost to time.
Bb D Gm
Now we sing for you, departed pawns of war.
Gm Bb F Gm
Hoist the flags, hold the lines, lessons ever lost to time.
Bb D Gm
Now we sing for you, departed pawns of war.