The Courier

	  		nd Fret 

Intro: 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 


Instrumental: 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