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Em I saw a man this morning
G Standing on a foreign shore
Bm From his eyes tears were falling
Em A7 As he made ready for war
Em He shouted out a warning;
G You slew my sweetest friend
Bm And as sure as day is dawning
Em A7 His death will be avenged
Chorus
Dm BbWas it so hard to die, Achilles
C A7So very hard to die?
Dm BbYou know and I know not, Achilles
Gm CSo much the happier I
Dm BbYou breached the walls of Troy, Achilles
C A7Slaughtered a thousand men
Bb GmPatroclus is destroyed, Achilles
Em7b5 A7 Dm And can't come back again
Bb C A7 GmBb C A7 Em
Verse
Em I saw a man this morning
G Trudging through a muddy field
Bm From the sky a shell was falling
Em A7 With his name scratched in the steel
Em Lend him your shield, Achilles
G Ask the gods to be his guide
Bm All he has is A Shropshire Lad
Em A7 With this poem scrawled inside
Chorus
Dm BbWas it so hard to die, Achilles
C A7So very hard to die?
Dm BbYou know and I know not, Achilles
Gm CSo much the happier I
Dm BbLook to the starry skies, Achilles
C A7Look to the silver seas
Bb GmThey Do not live or die, Achilles
Em7b5 A7 Dm And neither Do we
GmI saw a man this morning
C Am He was turning fifty-three
Dm Bb And his pampered mind was turning
Gm C To thoughts of mortality
Dm Bb One day I will be nothing
C Am Think how funny that will feel
Outro
Bb Gm For we, the living
Em7b5 A7 Dm Death is the Achilles heel
Bb C A7 Gm Bb C A7 Em
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