Sting – Something The Boy Said (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Chords

G/G 3200xx G 320033 [Intro] Em G/G Em G/G Em G/G Em G/G Em G/G Em G/G Em G/G Em G/G [Verse 1]
    Em                            G/G
  When we set out on this journey

         Em                        G/G
  There were no doubts in our minds

      Em                         G/G
  We set our eyes to the distance

            Em                      G/G
  We would find what we would find

      Em                           G/G
  We took courage from our numbers

           Em                    G/G
  What we sought we did not fear

G                                  D
  Sometimes we'd glimpse a shadow falling

        A                    D A
  The shadow would disappear

Em                                G/G
  But our thoughts kept returning

           Em                                 G/G
  To something the boy said as we turned to go

G                                      D
  He said you'll never see our faces again

             A                       D A
  You'll be food for a carrion crow
[Chorus]
G         Cmaj7         G
  Every step we took today

        Cmaj7                  G
  Our thoughts would always stray

    Cmaj7                       Bb
  From the wind on the moor so wild

          C
  To the words of the captain's child

Em               G6   Gmaj7
  Something the boy said

Em               G6   Gmaj7
  Something the boy said

Em               G6   Gmaj7
  Something the boy said

Em               G6   Gmaj7
  Something the boy said
[Verse 2]
Em                                     G/G
  In the circles we made with our fires

Em                               G/G
  We talked of the pale afternoon

Em                                 G/G
  The clouds were like dark riders

Em                               G/G
  Flying on the face of the moon

Em                                  G/G
  We spoke our fears to the captain

Em                                  G/G
  And asked what his son could know

G                                     D
  For we would never have marched so far

         A                D A
  To be food for a crow
[Pre-Chorus]
G         Cmaj7         G
  Every step we took today

        Cmaj7                  G
  Our thoughts would always stray

    Cmaj7                       Bb
  From the wind on the moor so wild

          C
  To the words of the captain's child
[Chorus]
Em               G6   Gmaj7
  Something the boy said

Em               G6   Gmaj7
  Something the boy said

Em               G6   Gmaj7
  Something the boy said

Em               G6   Gmaj7
  Something the boy said
[Interlude] F#m7 G#m A B C#m C#sus4 F#m C#m C#sus4 C#m Em G/G Em G/G Em G/G Em G/G [Verse 3]
Em                           G/G
  When I awoke this morning

Em                               G/G
  The sun's eye was red as blood

Em                              G/G
  The stench of burning corpses

Em                   G/G
  Faces in the mud

Em                          G/G
  Am I dead or am I living?

Em                                               G/G
  I'm too afraid to care, I'm too afraid to know

Em                                 G/G
  I'm too afraid to look behind me

Em                           G/G
  At the feast of the crow
[Pre-Chorus]
G                            Cmaj7
  We spoke our fears to the captain

G                                Cmaj7
  And asked what his son could know

G                                     Cmaj7
  For we would never have marched so far

         Bb  C             Em    G/G  Em
  To be food  food for a crow

   G/G         Em  G/G  Em
  Food for a crow

   G/G         Em
  Food for a crow
[Chorus]
Em               G6   Gmaj7
  Something the boy said

Em               G6   Gmaj7
  Something the boy said

Em               G6   Gmaj7
  Something the boy said

Em               G6   Gmaj7
  Something the boy said
[Outro] Em G/G Em G/G Em G/G Em G/G Em G/G Em G/G Em G/G Em G/G