A Proud Surrender
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Capo 3
C x 8
C G F C C x 2
C x 2
C G F C C
I was born in the northwest of England
C G F C C
Where industrial shells like monuments stand
Am G F C
Crumbling tombs from a forgotten land
Am G F F
The price for which progress was sold
C G F F F F
There lies the truth so I'm told.
C G F C
If together you set out to conquer a mountain
C G F C
Pity the man who dares fall behind
Am G F C
It's on the trip to the top that temperaments are tested
Am G F C C
It's on the decent that men tend to die
C G F C
Can you recognise a sin when you're sinning?
C G F C
Likewise tell that you're winning 'til you've won?
Am G F C
Triumph is nothing if not shared with someone
Am G F F
Take mercy succumb to the cold
C G F F F F
There lies the truth so I'm told
C G F C
Somewhere upon a godforsaken island
C G F C
Craggy and damp fallen men lie
Am G F C
For thirty years have their widows been weeping
Am G F C C
Now their babies are waving goodbye
C G F C
Am I the man I believed I'd become?
C G F C
Could I without question take sides for someone?
Am G F C
Tie a bayonet to the end of the gun
Am G F F
And let them decorate me with gold?
C G F F F F
There lies the truth so I'm told
C G F C C
C G F C
Am G F C
Am G F F
C G Gsus4 G F F F F
C G F C
Is there such thing as a proud surrender?
C G F C
Is it ever the right time to run?
Am G F C
What will you tell your sweetheart at the station
Am G F F
When her pretty waist you do hold?
C G F C
Have I the heart to love without limit?
C G F C
Have I the stomach to suffer unsure?
Am G F C
Have I the nerve to believe for a lifetime
Am G F F
Fortune will favour the bold?
C G F C
I'm tired of waiting to be pleasantly saved
C G F C
From the purgatory my own recklessness made
Am G F Am Am
Some days I long in the distance to hear
C G F F F F
A jackboot crack down the road
C G F F
There lies the truth so I'm told
C G F F
There lies the truth so I'm told
C G Gsus4 G F
How to play A Proud Surrender
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is C. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.