I Bury The Living

Intro (0:57)

Em



Intro (1:20)

Gm



Verse (1:31)

Gm                      D
A wretched outcast with no point of view
           F                   Eb      D
What could I do? Just military service
  Gm                          D
I carry out the powerful vulgarian view
               F
I scatter gloom
                               Eb
Do as I say or I'll scatter you



Prechorus (2:00)

D                   Bb
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
                A
You can't blame me
             D
I'm just an innocent soldier
Gm                              Cm
There would be no war if not for me
I'm just a sweet little soldier

Bb
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
          A
You can't blame me
             D
I'm just an innocent soldier

Gm
Give me an order!

I'll blow up a border
D
Give me an order and I'll blow up your daughter



Bridge (2:36)

Gm D
Gm Gm



Verse (2:53)

Gm                        D
Call me brave, call me a peace-making hero
        F                      Eb  D
Call me anything except what I am
Gm                      D
From a class without, I haven't a clue
                  F
What the war is about
                 Eb   D
I haven't got a clue, have you?



Prechorus (3:22)
                           Bb
Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no
                A
You can't blame me
             D
I'm just an innocent soldier
Gm                               Cm
There would be no war if not for me
I'm just a sweet little soldier
Bb
No, no, no, no, no
                 A
You can't blame me
           D
After all, I'm just



Chorus (3:49)

Gm                         D
Honour-mad, cannon fodder, honour-mad, cannon fodder
    Gm                            D
I'm honour-mad, cannon fodder I'm honour-mad, cannon fodder
    Gm                            D
I'm honour-mad, cannon fodder I'm honour-mad, cannon fodder
Gm
I'm honour-mad, cannon fodder, honour-mad, cannon fodder
D
Honour-mad, cannon fodder



Verse (4:22)

Gm               D
Duty done by the moment at hand
     D
The moment at hand
            F           Eb   D
I am answerable only to Jesus
Gm
And with the grace of God
        D
I will die in my own bed, if you wonder what's in my head
F                             Eb
It's just the hatred for all human life
             D                     Gm
When I lose mine, my mother will say:
"He died doing the job he loved"
        D
But I died with a bullet to the forehead

Gm
That wasn't the job I loved
                        D
That wasn't the job I loved

That wasn't the job I loved



Outro (5:18)

Ab                        Cm
  Funny how the war goes on
             F#
Without our John
             Bb  Eb
Without our John

Ab                        Cm
  It's funny how the war goes on
             F#
Without our John
             Bb  Eb
Without our John
          Cm    F C# Eb
La la la la la la la

Cm F  C#  Bb  C# Eb



Outro (6:00)

Ab                        Cm
  Funny how the war goes on
             F#
Without our John
             Bb  Eb
Without our John

Ab                           Cm
  It's funny how the war goes on
         F#
Without John
             Bb  Eb
Without our John
          Cm    F C# Eb
La la la la la la la

Cm F  C#  Bb  C# Eb



Outro (6:43)

C# D# D#
C# D# C#
C# Cm D#
C# Cm Bbm