Chords for Dispatch - "The General" (Live at WFUV)

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[A] There was a [E] decorated general with a heart of gold, [G] that [F#] likened him to all the [D] stories he told.
Of past battles won and lost, [E] and legends of old.
A seasoned veteran in his own time, [A] on the [E] battlefield he gained [B] respectful fame.
With many medals of bravery [F#] and stripes [D] to his name.
He grew a [Am] beard as soon as he could to cover the scars on his [E] face, and always urged his men on.
[A] But on the eve of a great [E] battle with the infantry in dream, [Bm] the old general tossed
in [F#m] his sleep and wrestled with his [D] training.
He would walk from the [A] night to tell what he [E] had seen.
He walked slowly out of his tent, [B] all the men held [E] tall with their chests in the [Bm] air.
With their courage and their blood and their [F#m] fire in their [D] stare.
It was a great [A] morning and they all wondered how they [E] would fare.
So the old general told them to go home.
_ [A] He said,
[E] I have [Bm] seen the [F#m] others and I [D] have discovered [A] that this [E] fight is not worth fighting.
[A] No.
[E] And I've [Bm] seen them others [F#m] and I [D] will no other [A] to follow [E] me where I'm going.
[A] So, [E] take a shower [Bm] and shine your [F#m] shoes.
You got [D] no time [A] to lose.
You are a young [E] man, you must be living.
_ [G#] _ [F#m] _ [E] Yeah.
Take a shower [Bm] and shine your [F#m] shoes.
You got no [D] time [F#m] to lose.
You [A] are a young man, [E] you must be living.
Oh no, [F#m] you are forgiven.
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_ _ [C#] [Am] But the men stood [B] fast with their guns on their shoulders, not [F#m] knowing what to do with
his [D] contradicting orders.
The general said he would [A] do his own duty, but he extended [E] no further.
The men could go as they pleased.
[A] But not a man moved.
[E] Their eyes gazed straight [B] ahead.
Till one by one they [F#m] stepped back and not aware [D] what was said.
And the old general slept [A] with his own words [E] echoing in his head.
He then prepared to [A] fight.
He said, [E] I have [Bm] seen the others [F#m] and I [D] have discovered [A] that this fight [E] is not worth fighting.
[A] No.
[E] And I've [Bm] seen them others [F#m] and I [D] will no other [A] to follow [E] me where I'm going.
[A] So, [E] take a shower [Bm] and shine your shoes.
[F#m] You got no [D] time to [A] lose.
You are a young [E] man, you must be living.
_ [A] Yeah.
[E] Take a shower [Bm] and shine your shoes.
[F#m] You got no [D] time [A] to lose.
You are a young man, [E] you must be living.
Oh no, [F#] you are forgiven.
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_ _ _ [D] Oh no, you [E] are forgiven. _
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Oh no, you are [D] forgiven.
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Oh
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_ _ _ [A] Oh
Go [E] now you are [Bm] forgiven
Go [F#m] now you are [D] forgiven
Go [A] now you got to be
[E] Got to be, got to be, got to be
Got to [A] be, hey _ _ _ _
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