D                    Em               G
My knuckles were bruised like violets
                   D                             D
Sucker punching walls, cursed you as I sleep talked
                 Em           G
Spineless in my tomb of silence
                   D                              D
Tore your banners down, took the battle underground
                 Em           G
And maybe it was ego swinging
              D
Maybe it was her
D                Em                          G  D
Flashes of the battle come back to me in a blur

           C
All that blood shed, crimson clover
  G
Uh-huh, sweet dream was over
    Em                            D
My hand was the one you reached for
                         C
All throughout the Great War

Always remember
      G
Uh-huh, tears on the letter
   Em                    D
I vowed not to cry anymore
                           D
If we survived the Great War

                   Em               G
You drew up some good faith treaties
                  D                           D
I drew curtains closed, drank my poison all alone
                     Em             G
You said I have to trust more freely
                D                            D
But diesel is desire, you were playing with fire
                    Em               G
And maybe it's the past that's talking
                  D
Screaming from a crypt
D                Em                             G
Telling me to punish you for things you never did
D
So I justified it

          C
All that blood shed, crimson clover
   G
Uh-huh, the bombs were close and
   Em                             D
My hand was the one you reached for
                          C
All throughout the Great War

Always remember
    G
Uh-huh, the burning embers
    Em                     D
I vowed not to fight anymore
                          C
If we survived the Great War

C     G
Uh-huh
Em       D
Uh-huh

Am             G
It turned into something bigger
Em                D                             Am
Somewhere in the haze got a sense I'd been betrayed
                  G
Your finger on my hairpin triggers
Em              
Soldier down on that icy ground
       D                            Am
Looked up at me with honor and truth
            G                          Em
Broken and blue, so I called off the troops
             D                  Am
That was the night I nearly lost you
G                    Em       D
I really thought I'd lost you

D              Em           G
We can plant a memory garden
              D                           D
Say a solemn prayer, place a poppy in my hair
                    Em                            G
There's no morning glory, it was war, it wasn't fair
    D
And we will never go back

        C
To that bloodshed, crimson clover
 G
Uh-huh, the worst was over
   Em                            D
My hand was the one you reached for
                         C
All throughout the Great War

Always remember
     G
Uh-huh, we're burned for better
 Em                       D
I vowed I will always be yours
                              C
'Cause we survived the Great War
G
Uh-huh
Em
Uh-huh
                D
I'll always be yours
                          C
'Cause we survived the Great War
G
Uh-huh
     Em                    D
I vowed I will always be yours