| Em  | Em  | Em  | Em  |

| Em   Bsus4  | Bsus4   Em  | C   Am  | Bsus4  |

| Em   Bsus4  | Bsus4   Em  | C   Am  | Bsus4  | Bsus4  |


[Verse 1]
Em
 We buried our sons
    Cmaj7
We turned and fled
Em
 No growing old
      Cmaj7
The glorious dead
Em
 But we came back
        Cmaj7
Because one man said
Em
 Now on the beaches
      Cmaj7
The blood runs red


[Verse 2]
Em
 I faced them down
    Cmaj7
The only one
Em
 I stood alone
     Cmaj7
And warned the day would come
Em
 But they were wrong
   Cmaj7
Appeases every one
Em
 And not for the last time
 Cmaj7
We all stand alone


[Pre-Chorus 1]
Csus2                   Em
 I watch the sun move away
         Dsus2
As I embrace the night
         Csus2
And my black dog has it's day
                               D5  Em
For six long yеars, you shall not pass
           Dsus2
Barbarians at the gates
        Csus2    D5
We will ovеrcome


[Chorus]
Em        C
 Here I stand
      G            Bm
In a serenade of glory
Em               C       G     Bm
 Naked by the throne of kings
Em              D
 You sowed the wind
     A/C#                    C
And now you reaped the whirlwind
Em           D                Csus2   D5  Csus2
 Before the dawn the darkest hour
        D5   Em
The darkest hour


[Verse 3]
Em                         Cmaj7
 To blaze in glory like a dying sun
Em
One last burning giant
      Cmaj7
Tell Jupiter moves on
Am                            Em
 Turn the ploughshares into swords
            G        D
You sons of Albion awake
             Csus2      D5
Defend this sacred land


[Chorus]
Em        C
 Here I stand
      G            Bm
In a serenade of glory
Em               C       G     Bm
 Naked by the throne of kings
Em              D
 You sowed the wind
     A/C#                    C
And now you reaped the whirlwind
Em           D                Csus2   D5  Csus2
 Before the dawn the darkest hour
        D5   Em
The darkest hour


[Guitar Solos]
| Em  | Em  |

| Em  | Csus2  | Em  | Csus2   Am  | 4x

| Am  | Em  | G  | D  | Am  | Em  | G   D  | Csus2  | Csus2  |



[Chorus]
Em        C
 Here I stand
      G            Bm
In a serenade of glory
Em               C       G     Bm
 Naked by the throne of kings
Em              D
 You sowed the wind
     A/C#                    C
And now you reaped the whirlwind
Em           D                C
 Before the dawn the darkest hour
Em        C
 Here I stand
      G            Bm
In a serenade of glory
Em               C       G     Bm
 Naked by the throne of kings
Em              D
 You sowed the wind
     A/C#                    C
And now you reaped the whirlwind
Em           D                Csus2   D5  Csus2   D5
 Before the dawn the darkest hour
Csus2                    D5   Em
 Before the dawn the darkest hour