Biography:
Dispatch is an American indie-roots band founded in 1996 in Middlebury, Vermont.
The band originated in the early 1990s as One Fell Swoop, but changed their name to Dispatch in 1996. Chad Urmston, Braddigan, and Pete (Francis) Heimbold, who were all attending Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont comprised the band's lineup throughout their entire career. Their music has drawn on several influences, such as acoustic folk-rock, reggae, and funk.
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Other songs:
- Bats In The Belfry (acoustic)
- Cover This
- Craze
- Flying Horses
- Mayday
- The General
- The General Intro
- Two Coins
- Walk With You
- Out Loud
- Atticus Cobain
- Bats In The Belfry
- Be Gone
- Begin Again
- Beto
- Born And Razed
- Bridges
- Bullet Holes
- Circles Around The Sun
- Cross The World
- Curse And Crush
- Don Juan Tango
- Elias
- Father Christmas
- General
- Get Ready Boy
- Headlights
- Here We Go
- Hey Hey
- Josephine
- Letter To Lady J
- Midnight Lorry
- Mission
- Never Or Now
- Only The Wild Ones
- Open Up
- Painted Yellow Lines
- Passerby
- Prince Of Spades
- Prisoners Visitor
- Questioned Apocalypes
- Railway
- Rice Water
- Silent Steeples
- Steeples
- Valentine
- Water Stop
- Way It Goes
- We Hold A Gun
- Windylike
Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Intro - play these chords over the picking Intro -:
Bb F Cm G
Cm Eb Bb F
Bb F
There was decorated general with a heart of gold
Cm Gm
That likened him to all the stories he told
Eb Bb
Of past battles won and lost and legends of old
F
A seasoned veteran in his own time
Bb F
On the battlefield he gained respect for fame
Cm Gm
With many medals of bravery and stripes to his name
Eb Bb
He grew a beard as soon as a he could to cover the scars on his face
F
And always urged his men on
Bb F
But on the eve of great battle with the infantry in dream
Cm Gm
The old general tossed in his sleep a lesson with its meaning
Eb Bb
He awoke from the night to tell what he had seen
F
And walked slowly out his tent
Bb F
All the men held tall with their chests in the air
Cm Gm
With the courage in their blood and the fire in their stare
Eb Bb
And it was a grey morning and they all wondered how they would fare
F
Till the old general told them to go home
He said...
Pre-Chorus
Bb F Cm Gm Eb
I have seen the others and i have discovered
Bb F
That this fight is not worth fighting
Bb F Cm Gm Eb
And i've seen their mothers and i will no other
Bb F
To follow me where i'm going, so...
Chorus
Bb F Cm
Take a shower and shine your shoes
Gm Eb
You got no time to lose
Bb F
You are young men you must be living x2
Bridge:
Go now you are forgiven
Verse 2 - same pattern as first Verse -
But the men stood fast with their guns on their shoulders
Not knowing what to do with contradicting orders
The general said he would do his own duty but extended it no further
The men could go as they pleased
But not a man moved their eyes gazed straight ahead
Till one by one they stepped back and not a word was said
The old general was left with his own words echoing in his head
He then prepared to fight
Pre-Chorus:
Bb F Cm Gm Eb
I have seen the others and i have discovered
Bb F
That this fight is not worth fighting
Bb F Cm Gm Eb
And i've seen their mothers and i will no other
Bb F
To follow me where i'm going, so...
Chorus:
Bb F Cm
Take a shower and shine your shoes
Gm Eb
You got no time to lose
Bb F
You are young men you must be living x2
Bridge:
Go now you are forgiven
Interlude:
Bb F Cm G
Cm Eb Bb F
Then:
Bb F
Go now you are forgiven
Cm Gm
Go now you are forgiven
Eb Bb
Go now you are forgiven
F
Go
X2
Bb F
Go now you are forgiven
Cm Gm
Go now you are forgiven
Eb Bb F
Go now you got to be got to be got to be got be heyy
Outro:
Bb F Cm G
Cm Eb Bb F
Bb
Bb F Cm G
Cm Eb Bb F
Bb F
There was decorated general with a heart of gold
Cm Gm
That likened him to all the stories he told
Eb Bb
Of past battles won and lost and legends of old
F
A seasoned veteran in his own time
Bb F
On the battlefield he gained respect for fame
Cm Gm
With many medals of bravery and stripes to his name
Eb Bb
He grew a beard as soon as a he could to cover the scars on his face
F
And always urged his men on
Bb F
But on the eve of great battle with the infantry in dream
Cm Gm
The old general tossed in his sleep a lesson with its meaning
Eb Bb
He awoke from the night to tell what he had seen
F
And walked slowly out his tent
Bb F
All the men held tall with their chests in the air
Cm Gm
With the courage in their blood and the fire in their stare
Eb Bb
And it was a grey morning and they all wondered how they would fare
F
Till the old general told them to go home
He said...
Pre-Chorus
Bb F Cm Gm Eb
I have seen the others and i have discovered
Bb F
That this fight is not worth fighting
Bb F Cm Gm Eb
And i've seen their mothers and i will no other
Bb F
To follow me where i'm going, so...
Chorus
Bb F Cm
Take a shower and shine your shoes
Gm Eb
You got no time to lose
Bb F
You are young men you must be living x2
Bridge:
Go now you are forgiven
Verse 2 - same pattern as first Verse -
But the men stood fast with their guns on their shoulders
Not knowing what to do with contradicting orders
The general said he would do his own duty but extended it no further
The men could go as they pleased
But not a man moved their eyes gazed straight ahead
Till one by one they stepped back and not a word was said
The old general was left with his own words echoing in his head
He then prepared to fight
Pre-Chorus:
Bb F Cm Gm Eb
I have seen the others and i have discovered
Bb F
That this fight is not worth fighting
Bb F Cm Gm Eb
And i've seen their mothers and i will no other
Bb F
To follow me where i'm going, so...
Chorus:
Bb F Cm
Take a shower and shine your shoes
Gm Eb
You got no time to lose
Bb F
You are young men you must be living x2
Bridge:
Go now you are forgiven
Interlude:
Bb F Cm G
Cm Eb Bb F
Then:
Bb F
Go now you are forgiven
Cm Gm
Go now you are forgiven
Eb Bb
Go now you are forgiven
F
Go
X2
Bb F
Go now you are forgiven
Cm Gm
Go now you are forgiven
Eb Bb F
Go now you got to be got to be got to be got be heyy
Outro:
Bb F Cm G
Cm Eb Bb F
Bb
