John Gorka - Where No Monument Stands
CAPO: 2nd Fret
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This is the field where the battle did not happen
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Where the unknown soldier did not die
C G D
This is the field where grass joined hands
G D
Where no monument stands
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And the only heroic thing is the sky
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And the only heroic thing is the sky
D C
Birds fly here without any sound
D C
Unfolding their wings across the open
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No people killed, or were killed, on this ground
Am C D
Hallowed by neglect and an air so tame that
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People celebrate it by forgetting its name
Am C G D Am
This is the field where the battle did not happen
C G D Am
Where the unknown soldier did not die
C G D
This is the field where grass joined hands
G D
Where no monument stands
C G D G
And the only heroic thing is the sky
C G D G
And the only heroic thing is the sky