Letter From A Distant Shore Chords
Letter From A Distant Shore by Bernard Fanning is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, F#m, D, E, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
A F#m D A E
Verse
A F#m
Dear brother, you would not believe
D A E
What these killing fields, force my eyes to see
A F#m
From a snipers post, with a trembling hand
D A E
Put a bullet in.....to another man
A F#m
Watch the crimson bloom, on his uniform
D A E
Billow like a cloud, ‘till his life was gone
G D A
The killers stain heavy on me now
E A
Fix my bayonet for the final hour
D A
When that whistle blows, its mournful sound
E D
Will deliver me to the hungry mouth
F G A
Of the howling hounds of hell
Bridge
A F#m D A E
Verse
A F#m
When the snowball comes, the recruitment drive
D A E
Don’t let your heart swell up, with unfounded pride
A F#m
For a distant King, you’d be fighting for
D A E
Lay you down to waste, on a distant shore
G D A
The killers stain heavy on me now
E A
Fix my bayonet for the final hour
D A
When that whistle blows, its mournful sound
E D
Will deliver me to the hungry mouth
F G A
Of the howling hounds of hell
Coda - repeat until fade
A F#m D A E