Chords for Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, Chris Thompson - Thunder Child (Official Audio)

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_ _ [Dm] _ _ steamer began to move slowly away, [D] but on the landward [E] horizon appeared the silhouette
of a fighting [Dm] ship.
Another came, and another, [Bb] striding [Am] over hills and trees, plunging far [D] out to sea and blocking
the [Dm] exit of the steamer.
_ Between them lay the silent, [A] grey ironclad [A] Thunderchild.
_ [Dm] Slowly it moved towards shore, then with a deafening roar and [A] whoosh of spray, [E] it swung
about and drove at full speed [Dm] towards the waiting marshal.
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_ _ [Dm] There were ships [C] of shapes and sizes, [Dm] scattered out [C] along the bay, and I thought I heard her
[Em] calling, as the [Gm] steamer pulled [Dm] away.
The [A] invaders must have seen her, as [Dm] across the ghostly miles, _ _ standing [Bb] in between _ them,
[Am] _ there lay _ [Bb] _ _ _ Thunderchild. _
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Moving [C] swiftly through the waters, [Dm] cannons blazing [C] as she came, brought [Dm] a mighty metal
[Em] warlord, [Gm] crashing down in [Dm] sheets of flame, sensing [Am] victory was nearing, thinking [Dm] fortune
must have smiled, _ people [Bb] started cheering, _ _ [A] _ come [Dm] on _ _ Thunderchild, [Bb] _ come [Dm] on _ [Bb] _
Thunderchild.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Bb] The martians released their black smoke, but the ship sped on, cutting down one of the
tripod figures, [Dm] instantly [Bb] the others raised their heat rays, and melted [Dm] the [Bb] Thunderchild's valiant heart.
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Dashing [C] ropes and smashing _ timbers, flashing heat rays pierced the deck, _ [Dm] dashing hopes
for our [Em] _ deliverance, as [Gm] we watched the [Dm] sinking wreck, with [A] the smoke and fassel clearing,
hope and [Bb] praise in waves [Dm] _
defiled, slowly _ [Bb] _ disappearing, _ _ [Am] _ farewell [Dm] _ _ _
Thunderchild, [Bb] _ _ _ slowly _
[Bb] disappearing,
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[Bb] farewell Thunderchild, _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Thunderchild, _ _ _ _ _ _ farewell _ _ _ [Bb]
Thunderchild. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Bb] When the smoke cleared, the little steamer had reached [Dm] the misty [Bb] horizon, and Carrie
was safe, but [Dm] the Thunderchild [Bb] had vanished forever, taking with her man's [Dm] last hope of
[Bb] victory, the leaden sky was lit by green flashes, cylinder following cylinder, and no one and
nothing was left now to fight them, the earth belonged to the martians.
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