Breaking Of The Sword chords by Loreena Mckennitt

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

"Breaking Of The Sword" by Loreena McKennit


C   F  G  C  F  C  F   G  C

Verse 1:
C           F           G
On a sunny April morning
C        F      G
My dear son, you were born
C                Am
Until one day you were called away
Am               C
And from my heart was torn

Verse 2:
C                G
As a boy, you knew the stables
C                    F
As a lad, you knew the fields
G        C      F     G
My son, you worked beside me
Am       F        G
But to country, you must yield

Refrain:
Am               C    G
You were called to serve the country
Am               C    G
You were called to serve the king
G        Am           F
And from our home, you left one day
Am       C     G
And of this, today I sing
Am   F   G   C  G  C   F  G  Am
G   C

Verse 4:
C                F
When I stood there at the station
C            F      G
And our eyes, one last time met
C          Am     C
It was at that moment, my dear son
Am           C
'Tis that I'll ne'er forget

Verse 5:
C            F
Is it now a mother's blessing
C              G
That the country's truly free?
Am                F
You gave your life for all of us
Am       G
And all humanity
C  F  C  F  G  C  G  Am  G  C Am
C  Am  G  C  G  Am  G  Am  G  Am
G  C

Verse 6:
C                G
As I stand here at your graveside
C        F         G
The spring birds sing their song
C                Am
My child, I love you more and more
Am       G        C
And will my whole life long

Refrain:
C            Am       G
You were called to serve the country
G            C       G
You were called to serve the king
Am           F
And from our home, you left one day
F            C
And of this, today we sing

C  F  G  C  Am   C  Am  C  Am  C
Am  C  G  Am  C  Am  F  G

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