Cifras
The Courier

Tono: E

Introducción:  Em   C  

                         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 
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