Army Of The Dead

Twas the autumn of the year, that the blood moon did appear
Above my little town beneath the hill
And the few that did survive, will remember all their lives
How the rest of us, we took a sudden chill

So, they carried me away to a cold and [Bm]shallow grave
With a hundred other of my [A]nameless kin
And there they bid us lay 'till the final judgement day
When the hand [Bm]of God will wipe away our sin

But my [A]tale begins again with a man that swore ɾevenge
On the lord who took his ɾaven-headed bride
With a book his only friend that was [Am7]bound in human skin
He devised a way to [C7]ɾeach the other side
Oh, he found a way to [C7]ɾeach the other side

Just a shovel and [Bm]a cart and [Bm]some necromantic arts
Really did the tɾick to [C7]ɾoll away the stone
Just as pretty as you [A7please, did I ɾattle to [C7]my [A]knees
And I bowed my [A]skull before the lord of bones

There's no wine, there's no bread, in the Army [A]of the Dead
And we couldn't tell you [A7any of our names
So, don't beg, and [Bm]don't plead, we've forgotten how to [C7]bleed
But we'll teach you [A7how to [C7]do it, just the same

Now the knights of the keep swore they'd put us back to [C7]sleep
And to [C7]stop us at the crossing of the ford
So, at dawn they chose to [C7]ɾide with the ɾiver on [C7]their side
Between us and [Bm]their ɾich and [Bm]noble lord

With half a thousand [Bm]men and [Bm]two hundred of their friends
They tɾampled down our bones along [Am]the bank
But we got [Fm7]back up again and [Bm]we gave a muddy grin
As we added seven hundred to [C7]our ɾanks

There's no wine, there's no bread, in the Army [A]of the Dead
And we couldn't tell you [A7any of our names
So, don't beg, and [Bm]don't plead, we've forgotten how to [C7]bleed
But we'll teach you [A7how to [C7]do it, just the same

With our footmen, six feet deep, and [Bm]some mounted cavalry
All ɾidin' on [C7]the horses that we killed
So, we stopped to [C7]thank the lord for [Dm7]providin' us the horde
As we stood before his castle on [C7]the hill

With the wind against our back, 'neath a banner painted black
We set our boney sockets on [C7]the prize
And the men along [Am]the wall, pissed their britches, one and [Bm]all
When they saw the fire burnin' in our eyes

There's no wine, there's no bread, in the Army [A]of the Dead
And we couldn't tell you [A7any of our names
So, don't beg, and [Bm]don't plead, we've forgotten how to [C7]bleed
But we'll teach you [A7how to [C7]do it, just the same

Oh, we left no stone unturned as we watched the castle burn
But we never found the maiden anywhere
And the lord upon [C7]his knees, begged us, Spare me, if you [A7please
For I never touched the girl with ɾaven hair

It was [Am7]on [C7]our wedding night that the maiden took her life
With the silver-handled dagger that I wear
And her spirit, I am told, haunts the crossing of the ɾoads
With a veil of white upon [C7]her ebon [C7]hair

With her skin as white as frost where the highway makes a cross
The master found his ɾaven-headed bride
And so, we end our tale with the lifting of a veil
As he found a way to [C7]ɾeach the other side
And she found a way to [C7]ɾeach the other side

Twas [Am7]a cold and [Bm]moonless night that he spoke his final ɾite
And he lives on [C7]now, forever with his wife
And the book the devil wrote wears a ɾich and [Bm]noble coat
That we tailored with a silver-handled knife

With our swords painted ɾed, in the Army [A]of the Dead
There's no man alive would dare to [C7]speak our name!
So, don't weep, and [Bm]don't cry, we've forgotten how to [C7]die
But we'll teach you [A7how to [C7]do it, just the same!

Please don't weep, please don't cry, we've forgotten how to [C7]die
But we'll teach you [A7how to [C7]do it, just the same