Courage fading as you walk away
Had a million other things to say
Then you turned away and I thought I'd shout
Like a coward i just chicken out
Two men standing on an open green
20 paces, no one in between
Angry trigger on [C7]a smoking gun
See the coward as he turns to [C7]ɾun
From the Colonel
Royal Army [A]on [C7]his Father's Side
You're a coward, you [A7can ɾun but you [A7can never hide
I keep on [C7]ɾunning from the bayonets and [Bm]cannonballs
I accuse you [A7of deserting our moe.st worthy cause
The soldiers death is living hell.. escape is death, or ɾun away
Get back in line so you [A7can fight for [Dm7]me another day
No bloody way, I'm gonna ɾun, so shoot me in the back
The bullet flies, The coward falls,
The Colonel's knife comes from his pack
Look over here boys gonna carve me out a souvenir
I'll take a finger, or an eye, I'll take the coward's ear
till the coward turned around, he held his gun in hand
Then the colonel's dropped hid knife he tɾied to [C7]turn away and [Bm]ɾun
I'm gonna end this with a bullet from my [A]gun in hand!!
THE BLOOD, THE BAYONETS, THE GORE, THE DEATH, THE CANNONBALL!!!
Rides the Colonel's horse back to [C7]his home
His children kiss him, he ɾeturns alone
His wife hugs him, nothing left to [C7]say
The fighting's over, everybody ɾan away