Letter From A Distant Shore

 
              
Intro 
A F#m D A E 
 
Verse 
     A                  F#m 
Dear brother, you would not believe 
           D                        A       E 
What these killing fields, force my eyes to see 
 
       A                    F#m 
From a snipers post, with a trembling hand 
      D                A       E 
Put a bullet in.....to another man 
 
          A                     F#m 
Watch the crimson bloom, on his uniform 
       D                       A        E 
Billow like a cloud, ?till his life was gone 
 
    G       D           A 
The killers stain heavy on me now 
       E               A 
Fix my bayonet for the final hour 
          D                  A 
When that whistle blows, its mournful sound 
     E                 D 
Will deliver me to the hungry mouth 
       F       G         A 
Of the howling hounds of hell 
 
Bridge 
A            F#m            D            A      E 
 
 
Verse 
         A                     F#m 
When the snowball comes, the recruitment drive 
       D                               A       E 
Don?t  let your heart swell up, with unfounded pride 
 
      A                      F#m 
For a distant King, you?d be fighting for 
        D                   A       E 
Lay you down to waste, on a distant shore 
 
    G       D           A 
The killers stain heavy on me now 
       E               A 
Fix my bayonet for the final hour 
          D                  A 
When that whistle blows, its mournful sound 
     E                 D 
Will deliver me to the hungry mouth 
       F       G         A 
Of the howling hounds of hell 
 
 
Coda - repeat until fade 
A            F#m            D            A      E