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[Chords]
Em D/F# D D5 Dsus2 Am G Fmaj7 F C E5 D6/9 Cmaj7
e|--0---0---2-------------0-----0---3---0------1---0---0---0-----0--|
B|--0---3---3--3----------3-----1---3---1------1---1---0---0-----0--|
G|--0---2---2--2--or--7---2-----2---0---2------2---0---9---7-----5--|
D|--2---0---0--0------7---0-----2---0---3------3---2---9---7-----5--|
A|--2---x-------------5---------0---2---3------3---3---7---5-----3--|
E|--0---2---------------------------3----------1--------------------|
[Movement 1: 00:00-03:10]
[Intro]
| Em D/F# | Em D Em |
| Em D/F# | Em D |
| Em D/F# | Em D Em |
| Em D/F# | Em D | D | D |
| Em | Em D5 Em | Em D | C | Em | 2x
| Am | G | Em | Fmaj7 | 2x
| Em D/F# | Em D Em |
| Em D/F# | Em D |
| Em D/F# | Em D Em |
| Em D/F# | Em D | D | D |
[Verse 1]
Em D5 Em
To ride the storm to an empire of the clouds
D C Em
To ride the storm, they climbed aboard their silver ghost
Em D5 Em
To ride the storm to a kingdom that will come
D C Em
To ride the storm and damn the rest oblivion
[Verse 2]
Am G
Royalty and dignitaries, brandy and cigars
Em
Grey lady giant of the skies
Fmaj7
You hold them in your arms
Am
The millionth chance they laughed
G
To take down his majesty's craft
Em Fmaj7
To India they say magic carpet float away
Fmaj7
An October fateful day
[Movement 2: 03:10-06:58]
[Instrumental]
| Em | Em | Dsus2 Csus2 | Em | (x2)
[Verse 3]
Em
Mist is in the trees
Em
Stone sweats with the dew
Dsus2 Csus2 Em
The morning sunrise, red before the blue
Em
Hanging at the mast, waiting for command
Dsus2 Csus2 Em
His Majesty's airship, the R10----1
[Verse 4]
Am
She's the biggest vessel built by man
G
A giant of the skies
Em Fmaj7
For all you unbelievers, the Titanic fits inside
Am G
Drum roll tight her canvas skin, silvered in the sun
Em Fmaj7
Never tested with the fury, with the beating yet to come
Fmaj7
The fury yet to come
[Verse 5]
E5
In the gathering gloom
E5 D6/9 E5
The storm rising in the west
E5
The coxswain stared
D6/9 Cmaj7 E5
Into the plunging weather glass
[Verse 6]
E5
We must go now
E5 D6/9 E5
We must take our chance with fate
E5
We must go now
D6/9 Cmaj7 E5
For a politician, he can't be late
[Verse 7]
Am G
The airship crew awake for thirty hours at full stretch
Em
But the ship is in their backbone
Fmaj7
Every sinew, every inch
Am G
She never flew at full speed, a trial never done
Em Fmaj7
Her fragile outer cover her Achilles would become
Fmaj7
An Achilles yet to come
[Verse 8]
E5 D6/9 E5
Sailors of the sky,
D6/9 E5
A hardened breed
D6/9 Cmaj7 E5
Loyal to the king and an airship creed
D6/9 E5
The engines drum
D6/9 E5
The telegraph sounds
D6/9 Cmaj7 E5
Release the cords that bind us to the ground
[Verse 9]
Am
Said the coxswain
G
"Sir, she's heavy, she'll never make this flight"
Em
Said the captain
Fmaj7
"Damn the cargo, we'll be on our way tonight"
Am
Groundlings cheered in wonder
G
As she backed off from the mast
Em Fmaj7
Baptizing them her water from the ballast fore and aft
Fmaj7
Now she slips into our past
[Movement 3: 06:58-15:12]
[Instrumental Interlude]
| Em D/F# | Em D Em |
| Em D/F# | Em D |
| Em D/F# | Em D Em |
| Em D/F# | Em D | D |
| E5 | E5 | C5 | B5 | A5 | G5 |
| G | G | Em | Em | C | C | G | G | 2x
| G | G | Am | Bm | C | D | Em | Em |
| E5 | E5 |
| Am | C | Em | C | 3x
| Am | C | Em | Em |
| Em | Em | Em | Em C | Em | Em | C | Am |
| D | C | Em | Em | Em | Em |
| Em | C | Am | C | 2x
| D | C | Em | Em | Em | Em |
| Em | C | Am | C | 4x
| Em | C | Am | C D | 2x
| Em | Em | C | Am | 2x
| D | C | Em | Em | Em | Em |
| Em | C | Am | C | 2x
| D | C | Em | Em | C | Am |
| Am | F | Dm | F | 6x
[Verse 10]
Em
Fighting the wind as it rolls you
C
Feeling the diesels that push you along
Am
Watching the channel below you
C D
Lower and lower into the night
Em
Lights are passing below you
C
Northern France asleep in their beds
Am
Storm is raging around you
C D
A million to one, that's what he said
[Instrumental Break]
| Em | Em | D | D | C | C | Em | Em | 2x
[Verse 11]
Em
Reaper standing beside her
C
With his scythe cuts to the bone
Am
Panic to make a decision
C D
Experienced men asleep in their graves
Em
Her cover is ripped and she's drowning
C
Rain is flooding into the hull
Am
Bleeding to death and she's falling
C D
Lifting gas is draining away
[Instrumental Break]
| Em | Em | D | D | C | C | Em | Em |
| F | Em | F | Dsus2 | F | Em | F | Csus2 Dsus2 |
| F | F | F | F |
[Movement 4: 15:12-18:02]
[Verse 12]
Am
"We're down lads" came the cry
G
Bow plunging from the sky
Em Fmaj7
Three thousand horses silent as the ship began to die
Am G
The flares to guide her path, ignited at the last
Em
The empire of the clouds
Fmaj7
Just ashes in our past, just ashes at the last
[Instrumental]
| Em D/F# | Em D Em | Em D/F# | Em D | 2x
[Verse 13]
E5 D6/9 Cmaj7 D6/9
Here lie their dreams as I stand in the sun
E5 D6/9 Cmaj7 D6/9
On the ground where they built and the engines did run
E5 D6/9
To the moon and the stars
Cmaj7 D6/9
Now what have we done?
E5 D6/9 Cmaj7 D6/9 Em D/F# Em D
Oh, the dreamers may die, but the dreams live on
Em D/F# Em D
Dreams live on
Em D/F# Em D Em D/F# Em D
Dreams live on
[Instrumental Break]
| Em | Em | Dsus2 C | Em |
[Verse 14]
Em
Now a shadow on a hill, the angel of the east
Dsus2 Csus2 Em
The empire of the clouds may rest in peace
Em
And in a country churchyard laid head to the mast
Dsus2 Csus2 Em
Eight and forty souls who came to die in France
[Ending]
| Dsus2 Csus2 | Em |