Holy Irons Chords
Holy Irons by Grant-Lee Phillips is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords G, B7, Em, C, C9, D, D8 and A9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G B7 Em C
brother on brother lying on the fields
G Em C9 G
only the devil is keepin’ score
G B7 Em C
your blonde haired boys are scattered long these hills
G Em C G
picked clean like cotton in a rich man’s war
G B7 Em C
lay down your holy irons
G Em C9 G
lay down your guns and shining bayonets
G B7 Em C
lay down your holy irons
G Em C9 G
it’s gonna’ be a job to raise the dead
G B7 Em C
got no mansion on the yonder mount
G Em C9 G
no plantation pillars all in white
G B7 Em C
just a southern boy behind a plough
G Em C9 G
swept up like nothin’ in a poor man’s fight
G B7 Em C
lay down your holy irons
G Em C9 G
lay down your guns and shining bayonets
G B7 Em C
lay down your holy irons
G Em C9 G
it’s gonna’ be a job to raise the dead
D D8 - D D7º F7º
farewell cordelia let me hold ya close
Em G C
so i can remember how it feels
D D8 - D D7º F7º
if a bullet brings me down before i make it home
Em G C
ya know that i’ll be dreamin’ of you still
A9
yes i will…
G B7 Em C - G Em C G
G B7 Em C
little soldiers all in blue and grey
G Em C9 G
every one of us a’ bleedin’ red
G B7 Em C
and when this broken body falls away
G Em C9 G
we’ll all lie down in the same earthen bed
G B7 Em C
lay down your holy irons
G Em C9 G
lay down your guns and shining bayonets
G B7 Em C
lay down your holy irons
G Em C9 G
it’s gonna’ be a job to raise the dead