Chords for A Serious Business (By The Sword)
Tempo:
86.9 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
E
G
Em
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm]
It's a serious business, strike and parry.
Serious [E] business, no time [Bm] to tarry.
To strike your enemy full and fast,
you'll gain the strength to win at last.
It's a serious business, death and dying.
Serious business, [E] no time [G] for crying.
The [Em] warrior's trick is to [G] survive.
The warrior's trick is to stay [E] alive.
[Bm]
Our mama's a shinai.
She [E] will teach you how [G] to begin.
[Bm] First with ax and then with sword,
[G] to [Bm] kill the [E] demon horde.
[Bm] Chopping wood will build your strength,
[E] teach you [Bm] how to [G] fill your rank.
[Bm] All alone with splintered wood,
[G] too [Bm] soon will [E] turn to blood.
[Bm]
It's a serious business, strike and parry.
Serious business, no [E] time [Bm] to tarry.
To strike your enemy full and fast,
you'll gain the strength to win at last.
It's a serious business, death and dying.
Serious business, [E] no time [G] for crying.
The [E] warrior's trick is to [G] survive.
The warrior's trick is to stay [E] alive.
[Bm]
Then guard and strike again.
[E] Battle through the [G] wind and rain.
[Bm] Training with a cunning blade,
[G] do you [Bm] dream of a [E] midnight raid?
[Bm] Thrust your ribs thicker deep,
[E] leave a gash [G] upon the cheek.
[Bm] Stealth and cunning are your friends,
unto the [E] bloody [Bm] end.
Well, it's a serious business, strike and parry.
Serious business, [E] no time [Bm] to tarry.
To strike your enemy full and fast,
you'll gain the strength to win at last.
It's a serious business, death and dying.
Serious business, [E] no [G] time for crying.
The warrior's trick is to survive.
The warrior's trick [Bm] is to [E] stay alive.
[Bm]
Now has gone the little girl,
[E] in her safe [G] little world.
[Bm] She is strong and never weak.
[G] She won't [Bm] turn the [E] other cheek.
[Bm] Let the mage with all his might,
[E] come and challenge [G] her to fight.
[Bm] With his throat screaming red,
join the army of [E] the dead.
[Bm]
Well, it's a serious business, strike and parry.
A serious business, [E] no [Bm] time to tarry.
To strike your enemy full and fast,
you'll gain the strength to win at last.
It's a serious business, death and dying.
A serious business, [E] no [G] time for crying.
The warrior's trick is to survive.
The warrior's trick [D] is to [E] stay alive.
[Bm]
It's a serious business, strike and parry.
Serious [E] business, no time [Bm] to tarry.
To strike your enemy full and fast,
you'll gain the strength to win at last.
It's a serious business, death and dying.
Serious business, [E] no time [G] for crying.
The [Em] warrior's trick is to [G] survive.
The warrior's trick is to stay [E] alive.
[Bm]
Our mama's a shinai.
She [E] will teach you how [G] to begin.
[Bm] First with ax and then with sword,
[G] to [Bm] kill the [E] demon horde.
[Bm] Chopping wood will build your strength,
[E] teach you [Bm] how to [G] fill your rank.
[Bm] All alone with splintered wood,
[G] too [Bm] soon will [E] turn to blood.
[Bm]
It's a serious business, strike and parry.
Serious business, no [E] time [Bm] to tarry.
To strike your enemy full and fast,
you'll gain the strength to win at last.
It's a serious business, death and dying.
Serious business, [E] no time [G] for crying.
The [E] warrior's trick is to [G] survive.
The warrior's trick is to stay [E] alive.
[Bm]
Then guard and strike again.
[E] Battle through the [G] wind and rain.
[Bm] Training with a cunning blade,
[G] do you [Bm] dream of a [E] midnight raid?
[Bm] Thrust your ribs thicker deep,
[E] leave a gash [G] upon the cheek.
[Bm] Stealth and cunning are your friends,
unto the [E] bloody [Bm] end.
Well, it's a serious business, strike and parry.
Serious business, [E] no time [Bm] to tarry.
To strike your enemy full and fast,
you'll gain the strength to win at last.
It's a serious business, death and dying.
Serious business, [E] no [G] time for crying.
The warrior's trick is to survive.
The warrior's trick [Bm] is to [E] stay alive.
[Bm]
Now has gone the little girl,
[E] in her safe [G] little world.
[Bm] She is strong and never weak.
[G] She won't [Bm] turn the [E] other cheek.
[Bm] Let the mage with all his might,
[E] come and challenge [G] her to fight.
[Bm] With his throat screaming red,
join the army of [E] the dead.
[Bm]
Well, it's a serious business, strike and parry.
A serious business, [E] no [Bm] time to tarry.
To strike your enemy full and fast,
you'll gain the strength to win at last.
It's a serious business, death and dying.
A serious business, [E] no [G] time for crying.
The warrior's trick is to survive.
The warrior's trick [D] is to [E] stay alive.
[Bm]
Key:
Bm
E
G
Em
D
Bm
E
G
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's a serious business, strike and parry.
Serious [E] business, no time [Bm] to tarry.
To strike your enemy full and fast,
you'll gain the strength to win at last.
It's a serious business, death and dying.
Serious business, [E] no time [G] for crying.
The [Em] warrior's trick is to [G] survive.
The warrior's trick is to stay [E] _ alive.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Our mama's a shinai.
She [E] will teach you how [G] to begin.
[Bm] First with ax and then with sword,
[G] to [Bm] kill the [E] demon horde.
[Bm] Chopping wood will build your strength,
[E] teach you [Bm] how to [G] fill your rank.
[Bm] All alone with splintered wood,
[G] too [Bm] soon will [E] turn to _ blood.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's a serious business, strike and parry.
Serious business, no [E] time [Bm] to tarry.
To strike your enemy full and fast,
you'll gain the strength to win at last.
It's a serious business, death and dying.
Serious business, [E] no time [G] for crying.
The [E] warrior's trick is to [G] survive.
The warrior's trick is to stay [E] alive.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Then guard and strike again.
[E] Battle through the [G] wind and rain.
[Bm] Training with a cunning blade,
[G] do you [Bm] dream of a [E] midnight raid?
[Bm] Thrust your ribs thicker deep,
[E] leave a gash [G] upon the cheek.
[Bm] Stealth and cunning are your friends,
unto the [E] bloody _ _ [Bm] end. _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, it's a serious business, strike and parry.
Serious business, [E] no time [Bm] to tarry.
To strike your enemy full and fast,
you'll gain the strength to win at last.
It's a serious business, death and dying.
Serious business, [E] no [G] time for crying.
The warrior's trick is to survive.
The warrior's trick [Bm] is to [E] stay alive.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now has gone the little girl,
[E] in her safe [G] little world.
[Bm] She is strong and never weak.
[G] She won't [Bm] turn the [E] other cheek.
[Bm] Let the mage with all his might,
[E] come and challenge [G] her to fight.
[Bm] With his throat screaming red,
join the army of [E] the dead.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, it's a serious business, strike and parry.
A serious business, [E] no [Bm] time to tarry.
To strike your enemy full and fast,
you'll gain the strength to win at last.
It's a serious business, death and dying.
A serious business, [E] no [G] time for crying.
The warrior's trick is to survive.
The warrior's trick [D] is to [E] stay alive.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's a serious business, strike and parry.
Serious [E] business, no time [Bm] to tarry.
To strike your enemy full and fast,
you'll gain the strength to win at last.
It's a serious business, death and dying.
Serious business, [E] no time [G] for crying.
The [Em] warrior's trick is to [G] survive.
The warrior's trick is to stay [E] _ alive.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Our mama's a shinai.
She [E] will teach you how [G] to begin.
[Bm] First with ax and then with sword,
[G] to [Bm] kill the [E] demon horde.
[Bm] Chopping wood will build your strength,
[E] teach you [Bm] how to [G] fill your rank.
[Bm] All alone with splintered wood,
[G] too [Bm] soon will [E] turn to _ blood.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's a serious business, strike and parry.
Serious business, no [E] time [Bm] to tarry.
To strike your enemy full and fast,
you'll gain the strength to win at last.
It's a serious business, death and dying.
Serious business, [E] no time [G] for crying.
The [E] warrior's trick is to [G] survive.
The warrior's trick is to stay [E] alive.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Then guard and strike again.
[E] Battle through the [G] wind and rain.
[Bm] Training with a cunning blade,
[G] do you [Bm] dream of a [E] midnight raid?
[Bm] Thrust your ribs thicker deep,
[E] leave a gash [G] upon the cheek.
[Bm] Stealth and cunning are your friends,
unto the [E] bloody _ _ [Bm] end. _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, it's a serious business, strike and parry.
Serious business, [E] no time [Bm] to tarry.
To strike your enemy full and fast,
you'll gain the strength to win at last.
It's a serious business, death and dying.
Serious business, [E] no [G] time for crying.
The warrior's trick is to survive.
The warrior's trick [Bm] is to [E] stay alive.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now has gone the little girl,
[E] in her safe [G] little world.
[Bm] She is strong and never weak.
[G] She won't [Bm] turn the [E] other cheek.
[Bm] Let the mage with all his might,
[E] come and challenge [G] her to fight.
[Bm] With his throat screaming red,
join the army of [E] the dead.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, it's a serious business, strike and parry.
A serious business, [E] no [Bm] time to tarry.
To strike your enemy full and fast,
you'll gain the strength to win at last.
It's a serious business, death and dying.
A serious business, [E] no [G] time for crying.
The warrior's trick is to survive.
The warrior's trick [D] is to [E] stay alive.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _