Sabaton – Rorkes Drift (Guitar)

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[Intro] Dm Bb Gm F C Gm F C Gm F C Gm F C [Verse]
Dm                  Bb                    C                   Dm
News that came that morning told that the main force had been slain

Dm                   Bb                   F                 C
Chance for peace and justice gone and all talks had been in vain

  Dm                Bb                C                Dm
A prince had been offended and he has gone the path of war

         Dm   Bb                   F            C
Now that 1500 men are dead and the Zulus at the door
[Pre-Chorus]
Gm    F  Gm
Zulus attack

Gm         F  Gm
Fight back to back

Bb           F
Show them no mercy and

Gm   F  Gm
Fire at will

Gm      F  Gm
Kill or be killed

A
Facing, awaiting
[Chorus]
  Dm               Bb                Gm
A hostile spear, a new frontier, the end is near

F             C
There's no surrender

    Dm                     Bb                  Gm                A
The lines must hold, their story told, Rorke's drift controlled
[Verse]
Dm            Bb                  C                Dm
Later on that fateful day as they head towards the drift

Dm              Bb            F               C
Stacking boxes, fortify, preparations must be swift

Dm                    Bb               C            Dm
Spears and shields of oxen hide facing uniforms and guns

       Dm           Bb                     F                 C
As the rifles fire, echoes higher, beating like the sound of drums
[Pre-Chorus]
Gm    F  Gm
Zulus attack

Gm         F  Gm
Fight back to back

Bb           F
Show them no mercy and

Gm   F  Gm
Fire at will

Gm      F  Gm
Kill or be killed

A
Facing, awaiting
[Chorus]
  Dm               Bb                Gm
A hostile spear, a new frontier, the end is near

F             C
There's no surrender

    Dm                     Bb                  Gm                A
The lines must hold, their story told, Rorke's drift controlled
[Bridge]
F  C                      Dm
1879, when a few held the line

     C  Dm    C Dm    C   Dm   E   F
Back to back, attack, the dead are stacked

                       C                    Dm
Where a last stand was made, and the empire saved

     C  Dm    C Dm    C   Dm   E   F
Back to back, attack, the dead are stacked
[Guitar Solo] Dm Bb F C Gm Eb Bb F Cm Ab Eb Bb Dm Bb F C Dm Bb F C [Pre-Chorus]
Gm    F  Gm
Zulus attack

Gm         F  Gm
Fight back to back

Bb           F
Show them no mercy and

Gm   F  Gm
Fire at will

Gm      F  Gm
Kill or be killed

A
Facing, awaiting
[Chorus]
  Dm               Bb                Gm
A hostile spear, a new frontier, the end is near

F             C
There's no surrender

    Dm                     Bb                  Gm                A
The lines must hold, their story told, Rorke's drift controlled

  Dm               Bb                Gm
A hostile spear, a new frontier, the end is near

F             C
There's no surrender

    Dm                     Bb                  Gm                A  Dm
The lines must hold, their story told, Rorke's drift controlled