Massacre of the Saxons Chords by Christopher Lee

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Does a man have [G#] to fight [A] all his life, _ [B] only in death to [D] take flight [E] to the skies?
_ War [G#] mongers hide to [A] take my throne.
[B] No respect [D] _ [E] is ever _ [E] shown.
To call a [F] prince, [G] nor [A] man, nor beast, [E] and steal our cattle for the _ feast.
No [F] earthly prince [G] then I [A] shall take, [E] or standless idolatry so vague.
_ [F#m] _ _ [Fm] _ [C#] By [C#m] borderland raids [B] they claim in their hoards, [A] _ ransacking villages, [G#] taking the [Cm] spoils,
[C#m] with nothing to lose [B] than possessions, fuel, [A] gold, study, [Am] fearless and cruel. _ _ _
_ [E] Defiant of baptism, unfeigned of death, those mergers call me to be ruthless, _
to set [G#] an example [A] to the rebels, [B] the Thonian [D] for their worship [Em] of devils.
[C#] How many times [B] did I venture forth [A] through the extreme [E] wilderness of [G#] the north
[C#m] to subdue those, [B] those sacred or great, [A] kings, churches, and priests [Am] of our Christian [A] state?
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_ [D] _ _ _ [C] Liver flowing [G]
red [D] with the blood of four thousand [E] men that I did behead.
_ _ _ [A] I shed [G] the blood of the Saxon [F] man.
I shed the [E] blood of the Saxon [A] man.
I shed the blood [G] of the Saxon [F] man.
I shed the [E] blood of the Saxon [D] man.
I shed it at birth and I [E] shed the blood of the Saxon man.
I shed the blood of four [G#] thousand Saxon [C] men.
I shed [E] the blood of the Saxon man.
[A] I shed the [D#] blood of the Saxon man.
_ _ _ [E] I [Bm] shed the blood of the [A] Saxon man.
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_ [E] Shall my realm be taken as I toil to force others out of Frankish soil?
[C] [E] And I return [A] to learn that all is lost [B] if my companions [D] I trust, the [A] sword [E] and the cross.
Those [F] who [G] industrious [A] Frankish folk [E] who toil our lands with oxen and yoke,
_ [F] wasps, [G] slumber, [A] vulgar and [E] moorish men, dare to even glance at [F#m] them.
_ [Fm] _ [C#] A dressing in fire [B] triumphs by the sword.
_ [A] In the name of Jesus Christ [G#] our _ Lord.
[C#] Stay in heaven, [B] your mercy given.
_ [A] Victory for the [Am] chosen people.
_ [Em] Where [G#] we grow [A] I of this task which fell, [B] on the shoulders [D] of a man [E] who yearns to spend
but [G#] one hour [A] with wife [Bm] and child, two days on [E] faces innocent [C] and mild.
_ So [G] give no matter [D] what _ has [C] been said, [G] _ _ [D] the empire may freezer.
[E] My knees are like raven _ _ _ [A] feet.
I shed the [G] blood of the Saxon [F] man.
I shed the [E] blood of the Saxon [A] man.
I shed the [G] blood of Saxon [F] man.
I shed the [E] blood of the Saxon [D] man.
I shed it at Mohden.
I [E] shed the blood of the Saxon man.
I shed the blood of four thousand Saxon [C] man.
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[E] [A] I shed the [D#] blood of the Saxon man! _ _
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