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The Courier

Key: E

Introduction: Em    C    

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                                Em         C  
I am a courier
                                          Em         C  
Crawling in the dirt
                                                          D  
Toward the front line
                                                Em  
As the crow flies
                                                        C  
A note stashed in my shirt
                                                  Em            C  
From the Prince of Wales
                                     Em            C  
Far above the field
                                                D  
With his marshals
                                                        Em  
And their chain-mail
                                                             C              G  
Their banners taut and high
                                                                        D                            Em  
I did not ask him what the note said
                                                          C  
He did not offer to explain
                                                                        D                      C  
It's not my job to ask the questions
                                                Em    C  
I'm just the courier
                                                Em    C  
I'm just the courier
                                                          Em         C  
A flare shot leaves a scar
                                        Em         C  
Burning in the dark
                                        D  
On my forearms
                                                                Em  
Through the barbed wire
                                                        C  
Another fifty yards
                                             Em            C  
Crouching in the trench
                                     Em         C  
Clutching bayonets
                                          D  
A hundred men
                                                Em  
All knee-to-chest
                                        C                    G  
A hundred marionettes
                                                                                D                            Em  
I am the string pulled by the sure hand
                                                  C  
Animating what was still
                                                  D                      C  
I am invisible and faithful
                                Em      C  
I am a courier
                                Em      C  
Just a courier
                 Em    C    Em    C    D    Em    C  
                                                             Em         C  
The Captain breaks the seal
                                                Em         C  
Quickly reads the note
                                             D  
On your feet boys
                                                     Em  
Make you peace boys
                                                     C  
Pass those letters down
                                  Em         C  
To this courier
                                          Em         C  
Guardian of the word
                                                     D  
Hand him all you've seen
                                                     Em  
Hand him all you've heard
                                             C                    G  
Hand him all the pearls
                                                                          D                            Em  
And I'll go back to where I came from
                                                             C  
I will deliver each by hand
                                                                     D                    C  
I take this as a point of honour
                                Em      C  
To be a courier
                                Em      C  
To be a courier
                                Em  
To be a courier