[Intro]
| Em | Em | Em | Em |
| Em Bsus4 | Bsus4 Em | C Am | Bsus4 |
| Em Bsus4 | Bsus4 Em | C Am | Bsus4 | Bsus4 |
[Verse 1]
Em
We buried our sons
Cmaj7
We turned and fled
Em
No growing old
Cmaj7
The glorious dead
Em
But we came back
Cmaj7
Because one man said
Em
Now on the beaches
Cmaj7
The blood runs red
[Verse 2]
Em
I faced them down
Cmaj7
The only one
Em
I stood alone
Cmaj7
And warned the day would come
Em
But they were wrong
Cmaj7
Appeases every one
Em
And not for the last time
Cmaj7
We all stand alone
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Csus2 Em
I watch the sun move away
Dsus2
As I embrace the night
Csus2
And my black dog has it's day
D5 Em
For six long y?ars, you shall not pass
Dsus2
Barbarians at the gates
Csus2 D5
We will ov?rcome
[Chorus]
Em C
Here I stand
G Bm
In a serenade of glory
Em C G Bm
Naked by the throne of kings
Em D
You sowed the wind
A/C# C
And now you reaped the whirlwind
Em D Csus2 D5 Csus2
Before the dawn the darkest hour
D5 Em
The darkest hour
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[Verse 3]
Em Cmaj7
To blaze in glory like a dying sun
Em
One last burning giant
Cmaj7
Tell Jupiter moves on
Am Em
Turn the ploughshares into swords
G D
You sons of Albion awake
Csus2 D5
Defend this sacred land
[Chorus]
Em C
Here I stand
G Bm
In a serenade of glory
Em C G Bm
Naked by the throne of kings
Em D
You sowed the wind
A/C# C
And now you reaped the whirlwind
Em D Csus2 D5 Csus2
Before the dawn the darkest hour
D5 Em
The darkest hour
[Guitar Solos]
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| Em | Csus2 | Em | Csus2 Am | 4x
| Am | Em | G | D | Am | Em | G D | Csus2 | Csus2 |
[Chorus]
Em C
Here I stand
G Bm
In a serenade of glory
Em C G Bm
Naked by the throne of kings
Em D
You sowed the wind
A/C# C
And now you reaped the whirlwind
Em D C
Before the dawn the darkest hour
Em C
Here I stand
G Bm
In a serenade of glory
Em C G Bm
Naked by the throne of kings
Em D
You sowed the wind
A/C# C
And now you reaped the whirlwind
Em D Csus2 D5 Csus2 D5
Before the dawn the darkest hour
Csus2 D5 Em
Before the dawn the darkest hour
[Outro]
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