Chord/Tab song: The Courier

CAPO: 2nd Fret


INTRO: Em C

I am a couri[Em]er[C]
Crawling in the [Em]dirt [C]
Toward the front line[D]
As the crow flies[Em]
A note stashed in my [C]shirt
From the Prince of [Em]Wales[C]
Far above the [Em]field[C]
With his marshals[D]
And their chain-mail[Em]
Their banners taut and [C]high[G]

I did not ask him what the [D]note said[Em]
He did not offer to ex[C]plain
It's not my job to ask the [D]questions[C]
I'm just the couri[Em]er[C]
I'm just the couri[Em]er[C]

A flare shot leaves a [Em]scar[C]
Burning in the [Em]dark[C]
On my forearms[D]
Through the barbed wire[Em]
Another fifty yards[C]
Crouching in the [Em]trench[C]
Clutching bayo[Em]nets[C]
A hundred men[D]
All knee-to-chest[Em]
A hundred mario[C]nettes[G]

I am the string pulled by the [D]sure hand[Em]
Animating what was [C]still
I am invisible and [D]faithful[C]
I am a couri[Em]er[C]
Just a couri[Em]er[C]

INSTRUMENTAL: Em C Em C D Em C

The Captain breaks the [Em]seal[C]
Quickly reads the [Em]note[C]
On your feet boys[D]
Make you peace boys[Em]
Pass those letters d[C]own
To this couri[Em]er[C]
Guardian of the [Em]word[C]
Hand him all you've [D]seen
Hand him all you've [Em]heard
Hand him all the [C]pearls[G]

And I'll go back to where I [D]came from[Em]
I will deliver each by [C]hand
I take this as a point of [D]honour[C]
To be a cour[Em]ier[C]
To be a cour[Em]ier[C]
To be a cour[Em]ier