Guards & Gunmen Lyrics & Tabs by RJ Thompson
Guards & Gunmen
guitar chords lyrics
They grabbed my flailing arm
They grabbed me like a naughty child
And sent me to a room
The other inmates spoke the same as me
And in the prisoner's yard
The sun brought me through blindfold cloth
The outline of the alps
And stood before them Guards & Gunmen
Oh see I'm not afraid
That armed soldiers patrol the halls
Oh see I'm not afraid
There's too much of this world I haven't explored yet
Underneath the hay
A truck that drove me from the camp
The stabbing bayonettes
Underneath the hay
A truck that drove me from the camp
The stabbing bayonettes
That scoured my hideout
Rested on my skin
For weeks I lived on maize
And lost myself in Italian alps
Guerillas helped me north
You concealed me in your home
Oh so much I thank you for
Your hospitality is worth
More than I give in return
When people like you are the salt of the earth
You grabbed my outstrecthed arms
And said you'd almost lost your hope
We don't mean to cry, just happy that you made it home
I said maybe I'll return, maybe in my wise old age
And later in my days I will tell you of
The camp and the alps and the maize and the Switzerland days
And the plane and the train that brought me back
And standing on my street
The sun brought me through scattered clouds
The outline of the homes and hanging from them a hero's welcome
