Chariot
The Cat EmpireVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
This is a song that came upon me one night
When the news it had been telling me
About one more war and one more fight
And 'aeh' I sighed but then
I thought about my friends
Then I wrote this declaration
Just in case the world end
Our guns
We shot them in the things we said
Ah we didn't need no bullets
Cos we rely on some words instead
Kill someone in argument
Outwit them with our brains
And we'd kill ourselves laughing
At the funny things we'd say
And bombs
We had them saved for special times
When the crew would call a shakedown
We break down a party landmine
Women that so sexy
They explode us with their looks
Ah we blowing up some speakers
Jumping round till the ground shook
And missiles
They were the roadtrips that we launched
T-t-tripping across this island
Starting missions at the break of dawn
Yawn and smile say
What direction shall we take?
Somewhere where it warm and wet
This be the route we'd always take and
Our weapons were our instruments
Made from timber and steel
We never yielded to conformity
But stood like kings
In a chariot that's riding on a
Record wheel
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Our weapons were our instruments
Made from timber and steel
We never yielded to conformity
But stood like kings
In a chariot that's riding on a
Record wheel
Our weapons were our instruments
Made from timber and steel
We never yielded to conformity
But stood like kings
In a chariot that's riding on a
Record wheel
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And our airforce flying
When the frisbee in the sky
Have a session while we're smoking
Now we're feeling extra high
And we'd sneak into a carpark
With the skaties on our back
And we're flying down the levels howling
On the attack now on the attack
And battles
They happened in these dancehalls
See we'd rather fight with music
Choosing one the rhythm war
Battle at these shakedowns
And we battle at these gigs
We do battle in our bedrooms
Made some sweet love to the beat
Then our allies grew
Wherever we would roam
See whenever we're together
Any stranger feel at home
In a way we are an army
But this army not destruct
No instead we're doing simple things
Good loving find it run amuck
This be a declaration
Written about my friends
It's engraved into this song
So they know I'm not forgetting them
See maybe if the world contained
More people like these
Then the news would not be telling me
About all that warfare endlessly and
Our weapons were our instruments
Made from timber and steel
We never yielded to conformity
But stood like kings
In a chariot that's riding on a
Record wheel
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Key
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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Readable chord sheet for Chariot by The Cat Empire
[Em]This is a song that came u[G]pon me one night When the n[Am]ews it had been telling me About o[C]ne more war and o[D]ne more fight And 'a[Em]eh' I sighed but then I tho[G]ught about my friends Then I wr[Am]ote this declaration Just in c[C]ase the world e[D]nd Our guns [Em] We shot them i[G]n the things we said Ah we di[Am]dn't need no bullets Cos we re[C]ly on some wo[D]rds instead [Em]Kill someone in argument [G]Outwit them with our brains And we'd k[Am]ill ourselves laughing At the fu[C]nny things we'd s[D]ay And bombs [Em] We had them sa[G]ved for special times When the c[Am]rew would call a shakedown We br[C]eak down a pa[D]rty landmine [Em]Women that so sexy They exp[G]lode us with their looks Ah we blo[Am]wing up some speakers Jumping ro[C]und till the gr[D]ound shook And missiles [Em] They were the road[G]trips that we launched T-t-tri[Am]pping across this island Starting mis[C]sions at the br[D]eak of dawn Y[Em]awn and smile say What dir[G]ection shall we take? [Am]Somewhere where it warm and wet [C]This be the route we'd al[D]ways take and [Am] Our weapons were our i[Em]nstruments [G]Made from ti[D]mber and st[C]eel We never yield[Am]ed to conformity But st[Em]ood like kings In a cha[G]riot that's riding on a Rec[D]ord wheel e|--6-7-3---5-7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5--------7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5| B|--------5-----------------------5------------------------------5--| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5------6-7-3---5-7-6-7-8-7-----6-7-3---5--| B|----------------------5--------------5-----------------------5----| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5-----7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5-------------| B|----------------------5---------------------------5---------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| [Am] Our weapons were our i[Em]nstruments [G]Made from ti[D]mber and st[C]eel We never yield[Am]ed to conformity But st[Em]ood like kings In a cha[G]riot that's riding on a Rec[D]ord wheel [Am] Our weapons were our i[Em]nstruments [G]Made from ti[D]mber and st[C]eel We never yield[Am]ed to conformity But st[Em]ood like kings In a cha[G]riot that's riding on a Rec[D]ord wheel e|--6-7-3---5-7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5--------7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5| B|--------5-----------------------5------------------------------5--| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5------6-7-3---5-7-6-7-8-7-----6-7-3---5--| B|----------------------5--------------5-----------------------5----| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5-----7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5-------------| B|----------------------5---------------------------5---------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| And our air[Em]force flying When the fri[G]sbee in the sky Have a se[Am]ssion while we're smoking Now we're fee[C]ling extra h[D]igh And we'd s[Em]neak into a carpark With the ska[G]ties on our back And we're fl[Am]ying down the levels howling On the at[C]tack now on the a[D]ttack And battles [Em] They happened in th[G]ese dancehalls See we'd ra[Am]ther fight with music Choo[C]sing one the rhy[D]thm war [Em]Battle at these shakedowns And we ba[G]ttle at these gigs We do ba[Am]ttle in our bedrooms Made some sw[C]eet love to the b[D]eat Then our al[Em]lies grew Where[G]ver we would roam See when[Am]ever we're together Any stra[C]nger feel at h[D]ome In a w[Em]ay we are an army But this a[G]rmy not destruct No ins[Am]tead we're doing simple things Good lo[C]ving find it r[D]un amuck [Em]This be a declaration Wri[G]tten about my friends It's eng[Am]raved into this song So they k[C]now I'm not forg[D]etting them See ma[Em]ybe if the world contained M[G]ore people like these Then the n[Am]ews would not be telling me About a[C]ll that warfare endl[D]essly and [Am] Our weapons were our i[Em]nstruments [G]Made from ti[D]mber and st[C]eel We never yield[Am]ed to conformity But st[Em]ood like kings In a cha[G]riot that's riding on a Rec[D]ord wheel e|--6-7-3---5-7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5--------7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5| B|--------5-----------------------5------------------------------5--| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5------6-7-3---5-7-6-7-8-7-----6-7-3---5--| B|----------------------5--------------5-----------------------5----| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5-----7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5-------------| B|----------------------5---------------------------5---------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| Key | / slide up | \ slide down | [B] hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note