On Battleship Hill Chords
by PJ Harvey
On Battleship Hill by PJ Harvey is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords G, C/G, F, Dm, Am and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G C/G F Dm (7x)
G C/G F Am
(Slow strumming)
Am E F
The scent of Thyme carried on the wind
G F Am
Stings my face into remembering
Am E F
Cruel nature has won again
G F Am
Cruel nature has won again.
Am
(Pick up strumming pace)
Am E F
On Battleship Hill’s caved in trenches
G F Am
A hateful feeling still lingers
Am E F
Even now eighty years later,
G F Am
Cruel nature, cruel, cruel nature.
Instrumental: G C/G F Dm (3x)
G C/G F Am
Am E F
The land returns to how it’s always been
G F Am
Thyme carried on the wind
Am E F
Jagged mountains jutting out
G F Am
Cracked like teeth in a rotten mouth
Am E F
On Battleship Hill I hear the wind
G F Am
Cruel nature has won again.
G C/G F Am
Cruel nature has won again.
G C/G F Am
Cruel nature has won again
G C/G F Am
Cruel nature has won again.
Repeat G C/G F Am