Long shadow (2016)
C - D - C - D
E F#m D
1. Coming round again, soldier
of the road,
E F#m D
sailing
close to the wind close to overload.
E F#m
You raised the bar, you raised
the stakes,
D
you took
a chance and made mistakes.
E
F#m
The only game in town that's
making sense,
G
it
was self-defence.
A - G
- D
You leave a long shadow, long
and real, straight and narrow.
A - G - D
A long
shadow, straight and narrow.
E F#m D
2. Get your finger on the pulse, it’s the beating of your heart,
E F#m D
head
above the water driven from the start.
E F#m
You′ll
leave a space too big to fill,
D
they
were caught off guard, you broke their will.
E F#m
Only game in town that's
making sense,
G
it
was self-defence.
A - G - D
You leave a long shadow, long and real, straight and narrow.
A - G - D
A long
shadow, straight and narrow.
+ C - D - C - D
E
F#m
D
3. Got caught on a camera, she was walking by
your side.
E F#m D
tried to turn and walk away, but there′s
no place you can hide.
E F#m
You burned some bridges, you charred some
souls,
D
the
rain was hard, the streets were cold.
E F#m
Only game in town that's
making sense,
G
it
was self-defence.
A -
G - D
You leave a long shadow, long and real, straight and narrow.
A - G - D
A long
shadow, straight and narrow.
A - G
- D
You leave a long shadow, straight and narrow.
A - G - D A
A long
shadow, straight and narrow,
narrow.
+ A - G - D (4x) …
(orig. = capo 2nd) (John Illsley)