Hunters and Collectors
Holy Grail
Capo on 4th fret
C - Fm - Am - G x 2
Verse 1:
C Fm Am G
Woke up this morning from the strangest dream
C Fm Am G
I was in the biggest army the world had ever seen
C Fm Am G
We were marching as one on the road to the Holy Grail
C - Fm - Am - G
C Fm Am G
Started out seeking fortune and glory
C Fm Am G
It's a short song but it's one hell of a story
C Fm Am G
When you spend your lifetime trying to get your hands on the Holy Grail
C - Fm - Am - G
Fm Am G
Well have you heard about the great crusade
Fm Am G
We ran into millions but nobody got paid
Fm Am G
Yeh, we raised four corners of the globe for the Holy Grail
C - Fm - Am - G x 2
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Verse 2
C Fm Am G
All the locals scattered, they were hiding in the snow
C Fm Am G
We were so far from home so how were we to know
C Fm Am G
There'd be nothing left to plunder when we stumbled on the Holy Grail
C - Fm - Am - G
Fm Am G
We were full of beans, but we were dying like flies
Fm Am G
And those big black birds, they were circling in the sky
Fm Am G
And you know what they say, no body deserves to die
C - Fm - Am - G
C
But I
Am G Fm
I've been searching for an easy way
Am G C
To escape the cold light of day
Am G Fm
I've been high and I've been low
Am G
But I got nowhere else to go
C - Fm - Am - G x 4
Fm
I followed orders
Am G
God knows where I've been
Fm
But I woke up alone
Am G
All my wounds were clean
Fm
I'm still here
Am G
I'm still a fool for the Holy Grail
C - Fm - Am - G
VKWIZ
if you listen to trhe song you can figure out the strum pattern relatively easily.
most people who have tabbed this havn't realised the capo on the 4th. It's how Mark
actually plays it and i think it gives the song a fuller sound.