The Day The Sun Stood Still

Capo1

C F C F

        C
We were young and bound for glory
        F
Itchin' for a fight like you
         G
Bringin' hell and purgatory
       Em
To the boys who wore the Blue
      F                   G
And I thought I'd seen it all
         Em                 Am
Till the day night wouldn't fall
           F
Oh how the sun did blaze
            G
Wouldn't go down for days.

      C
I got shot and lost my rifle
         F
When the first wave hit the rise
        G
And the guns rolled out like thunder
        Em
And the black smoke burned my eyes
      F                G
And I watched it all unfold
         Em            Am
Just the way the Bible told
         F
Joshua's endless day
            G
Keepin' the night at bay.

        Am
And the soldiers kept a comin'
        F
Til the ground looked like a sea
            G
Of Blue and Grey
      Am
And I watched it from a distance
          F                        
Wonderin' if I would've fought, or 
    G
run away.

Chorus:
                      C
The Day The Sun Stood Still
                         G
How they beat the bloody drums
                           Am
And the seconds moved like hours
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                     F
But the sunset never comes
                          C
And the cannons shake the ground
                          G
And the bullets test your will
                      Am
Even shadows found no cover
                    F
On that Godforsaken hill
    G                 C      F
The Day The Sun Stood Still.

      C
And I watched them lean their 
shoulders
To the fearful hail of lead
      G
And I prayed for night to save us
      Em
And I cried and bowed my head
        F               G
But the sun just kept a-creepin'
        Em               Am
Cross a cold indifferent sky
          F
Castin' a deadly glow
           G
On all the men below.

        Am
All the hours in a lifetime
          F                        
Don't add up to one while minute, 
       G
in that s-un
        Am
And the heroes and the cowards
         F                         
Look the same when they have 
         G
fallen, by the gun.

Chorus2:
                      C
The Day The Sun Stood Still
                               G
And the North and South looked west
                         Am
But the evening star was sleepin?
                          F
And the daylight wouldn't rest
                   C
Out on the killin? floor
                   G
The red sun on the hill
                        Am
Shinin' down on all the dead men
                         F
With a strange and eerie chill
    G                 C
The Day The Sun Stood Still.

Bb                     F
Do not judge, what you brother does
C
Till you've walked a mile
G
Rank by bloody file
Bb                      F        
Who's to say, if you'll run or 
        G
stay, and f-ight.

Chrous3:
                      C
The Day The Sun Stood Still
                    G
Is just beneath the skin
                     Am
In the soul of every soldier
                       F
Every battle that he's in
                      C
The Day The Sun Stood Still
                          G
Will haunt your dreams at night
                     Am
And stalk your every sunrise
                            F
Though you will not know it till
    G                 C
The Day The Sun Stood Still.

                         G
How they beat the bloody drums
                           Am
And the seconds moved like hours
                     F
But the sunset never comes
                          C
And the cannons shake the ground
                          G
And the bullets test your will
                      Am
Even shadows found no cover
                    F
On that Godforsaken hill
    G                 C      F
The Day The Sun Stood Still.

                      C     F
The Day The Sun Stood Still
                      C     F
The Day The Sun Stood Still
                      C
The Day The Sun Stood Still.