Tuning: Capo 2 Intro Riff: e | --------------------------------------------------- | ------------x----- | B | --------------------------------------------------- | ------------x----- | G | -----1---------------1--------4+-----1------------- | -------1----1----- | D | ------2-1-2---4--2-----2-1-2-----4\----2-1-2---4-2- | -2-2-4---2--2----- | A | -----------------------------4-----2--------------- | ------------x----- | E | --0---------4------0-------------------------4----- | ------------0----- | E5 F#5 When the cavalry clears G#5 F#5 And the limbs of our peers G#5 F#5 E5 Lay around us like sticks in the mud E5 F#5 We'll say to ourselves, G#5 F#5 "Where's the heaven in this hell? G#5 F#5 E5 We're on a ladder without any rungs" A5 E5 With the ash of our friends in our lungs (Repeat intro riff, end on E4 E5 F#5 That's enough about the war G#5 F#5 How's my dear Eleanor? G#5 F#5 E5 Have you heard back from William or Kate? E5 F#5 Are you getting your shakes G#5 F#5 From lack of sleep as of late? G#5 F#5 E5 And my breath always reeks of escape A5 E5 E5 I'll be home soon, and hopefully safe e | --------------- | B | --------------- | G | --------------- | D | --------------- | A | --6\---2-4----- | end on A5 E | ----4---------- | A5 F#5 G#5 If you love me, you won't make a scene A5 F#5 G#5 When I get home, please just leave me be A5 F#5 G#5 If you love me, then don't make a scene A5 F#5 E5 When I get home, please just leave me be e | --------------- | B | --------------- | G | --------------- | D | --------------- | A | --6\---2-4----- | end on A5 E | ----4---------- | Piano solo: A5 , F#5 , G#5 x3, end on E5 E5 F#5 Twenty years to the day G#5 F#5 The tavern's closed and some say G#5 F#5 E5 They only saved us from missing our lives E5 F#5 He was buried away to G#5 F#5 The ground and the blame G#5 F#5 E5 That Eleanor kept stored away A5 E5 And his breath always reeked of escape