This Is Madness

[Intro]
Dm C Dm C
Dm C Dm C
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[Verse 1]
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Conquered crowns on severed brows
    Bb              Am
You rattle at my door 
Dm
Far from home and Persian throne
   F                     Am
So mind your mouth and more
Dm
Earth my flesh and water blood
       Bb                Am
You'll not receive my spit 
Dm
Talk no more your treason tongue
   F                    Am
Prepare to taste the pit

[Chorus]
Dm                  F
This is the shield, this is the spear
Gm              Am
This is Sparta, Hell is near
Dm            F
Never falter, never fear
C            Bb Am
This is madness
Dm                F
We are the sword, we are the spear
Gm                Am
We are Sparta and know no fear
Dm
This is our blood,
    F
and these are our bones
Gm                    Bb           Am  Dm
Die on your shield or Hell is your home

[Verse 2]
Dm
Hot the gates, where Hell awaits
Bb                    Am
Pile the Persians high
Dm
Razor rain the sun to tame
F                   Am
Blotting out the sky
Dm
No surrender, no retreat
   Bb              Am
No prisoners or pain 
Dm
No remorse and no regrets
   F               Am
No wounded to remain 

[Chorus]
Dm                  F
This is the shield, this is the spear
Gm              Am
This is Sparta, Hell is near
Dm            F
Never falter, never fear
C            Bb Am
This is madness
Dm                F
We are the sword, we are the spear
Gm                Am
We are Sparta and know no fear
Dm
This is our blood,
    F
and these are our bones
Gm                    Bb           Am  Dm
Die on your shield or Hell is your home

[Bridge]
Dm Gm Eb F Gm
Eb F Dm Bb C Dm
Bb C

[Solo]
Gm Eb Dm Eb F Gm
Eb Dm Eb F Dm Bb
Am Bb C Dm Bb Am
Abm Am Dm F
Gm Am Dm F
C Bb

[Verse 3]
Dm
Eyes as bright and black as night
Bb                Am
Filed fang and nail 
  Dm
Immortal flesh to stand the test
F                   Am
Namesake soon to fail 
Dm
Nation after nation fall
Bb                  Am
Thigh to neck we stand
Dm
Freedom isn't free at all
    F                 Am
Its cost is man for man 
Dm
Here by Spartan law we lay
Bb
Tell our story well
   Am
Prepare yourselves for glory boys
  Bb                 C
Tonight we dine in Hell

[Chorus]
Dm                  F
This is the shield, this is the spear
Gm              Am
This is Sparta, Hell is near
Dm            F
Never falter, never fear
C            Bb Am
This is madness
Dm                F
We are the sword, we are the spear
Gm                Am
We are Sparta and know no fear
Dm
This is our blood,
    F
and these are our bones
Gm                    Bb           Am
Die on your shield or Hell is your home.

[Outro]
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