The Price Of A Mile

[Intro]
Em Bm G Bm D

[Bridge]
Em Bm G Bm D
Em Bm G Bm D
Em

[Verse 1]
         Em
Hear the sound of a machinegun
        D/F#
Hear it echo in the night
G
Mortals firing rains the scene
D/F#
Scars the fields
That once were green
       Em
It's a stalemate at the frontline
          D/F#
Where the soldiers rest in mud
G
Roads and houses
All is gone
D/F#
There is no glory to be won

[Verse 2]
          Em
Know that many men will suffer
          D/F#
Know that many men will die
G
Half a million lives at stake
D/F#
Ask the fields of Passchendaele

[Bridge]
           C               D
And as the night falls the general calls
        G      D/F#    Em D
And the battle carries on  and on
C
How long?
            D             B
What is the purpose of it all
C                     D
What's the price of a mile?

[Chorus]
Em
Thousands of feet march to the beat
        Bm
It's an army on the march
G
 Long way from home
Bm                                   D
Paying the price in young men's lives
Em
Thousands of feet march to the beat
        Bm
It's an army in despair
G
 Kneedeep in mud
Bm                                 D Em
Stuck in the trench with no way out

[Verse 3]
Em
Thousands of machineguns
        D/F#
Kept on firing through the night
G
Mortars blazed and wrecked the scene
D/F#
Guns in the fields that once were green
        Em
Still a deadlock at the frontline
          D/F#
Where the soldiers die in mud
G
Roads and houses since long gone
D/F#
Still no glory has been won

[Verse 4]
          Em
Know that many men has suffered
          D/F#
Know that many men has died
G
Six miles of ground has been won
D/F#
Half a million men are gone

[Bridge]
           C               D
And as the men crawled the general called
        G       D/F#    Em D
And the killing carried on  and on
C
How long?
           D             B
What's the purpose of it all?
C                     D
What's the price of a mile?

[Chorus]
Em
Thousands of feet march to the beat
        Bm
It's an army on the march
G
 Long way from home
Bm                                   D
Paying the price in young men's lives
Em
Thousands of feet march to the beat
        Bm
It's an army in despair
G
 Kneedeep in mud
Bm                                 D
Stuck in the trench with no way out

[Interlude]
Em
  Young men are dying
They pay the price
Oh how they suffer
                                 G
So tell me what's the price of a mile

[Solo]
Bm Em Bm C
Em D G Bm Em
Bm
C                     D
That's the price of a mile

[Chorus]
Em
Thousands of feet march to the beat
        Bm
It's an army on the march
G
 Long way from home
Bm                                   D
Paying the price in young men's lives
Em
Thousands of feet march to the beat
        Bm
It's an army in despair
G
 Kneedeep in mud
Bm                                 D
Stuck in the trench with no way out
Em
Thousands of feet march to the beat
        Bm
It's an army on the march
G
 Long way from home
Bm                                   D
Paying the price in young men's lives
Em
Thousands of feet march to the beat
        Bm
It's an army in despair
G
 Kneedeep in mud
Bm                                 D
Stuck in the trench with no way out
Em
Thousands of feet march to the beat
        Bm
It's an army on the march
G
 Long way from home
Bm                                   D
Paying the price in young men's lives
Em
Thousands of feet march to the beat
        Bm
It's an army in despair
G
 Kneedeep in mud
Bm                                 D
Stuck in the trench with no way out

[Fade out]
Em
Thousands of feet march to the beat
        Bm
It's an army on the march
G
 Long way from home
Bm                                   D
Paying the price in young men's lives
Em
Thousands of feet march to the beat
        Bm
It's an army in despair
G
 Kneedeep in mud
Bm                                 D
Stuck in the trench with no way out
Em
Thousands of feet march to the beat
        Bm
It's an army on the march
G
 Long way from home
Bm                                   D
Paying the price in young men's lives