[GsDm]

Dm                 C

Blood, thunder and fear flowing

  Dm

I cry when I need you

    C                            Dm

and march when I'm told where to go

          C

Lessons I know

          Dm                  C         Dm

Is it the way of a soldier to offer his soul?

C                   Am                 Dm   F

Bang the drum slowly for the fortunate son

         Em    G Dm F Em G             Dm

Said and done              A fortunate son

Mud, ankles and bones

covered I pray when I need to

and sleep when I don't want to know

Letters from home

clutched in the hands of my comrades

My brothers, my own

Bang the drum slowly for the fortunate sons

I am one, the fortunate son

F Em C G Dm

(answers)

I feel the heat from my side

crucified, deep and wide

I could be saving a life

Couldn't I?