Gabriels Sword Chords
by Runrig
Gabriels Sword by Runrig is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords F, Dm, Bb, C, Gm and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F Dm F Dm
F
In the middle of the schoolyard
Dm
Where the bombs have lain to rest
Bb C
There's a child in the darkness waiting
F
But the answers in the history books
Dm
Are slowly burning down
Bb C
And the words that spell forgiveness, wear a thorny crown
Gm C F Dm
Gabriel's sword will pierce me no more
Bb F C
I'll let my spirit soar so high
Gm C Am Dm
Sure as it all comes from the father to the son
Bb F C
We've got to learn to see the truth to fly
F
It's a beautiful sky
INTERLUDE: F Dm F Dm
F
There is much that I have seen
Dm
In this world they say is free
Bb C
That would make it almost seem untrue
F
Many times I've walked the line
Dm
Longing for the other side
Bb C
Only thing that changed my mind was you
Gm C F Dm
Gabriel's sword will pierce me no more
Bb F C
I'll let my spirit soar so high
Gm C Am Dm
Sure as it all comes from the father to the son
Bb F C
We've got to learn to see the truth to fly
F Dm
It's a beautiful sky
F Dm
It's a beautiful sky
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