Biography:
One part roaring sea shanty, one part haunting Irish melody, and a solid chaser of gut-crunching street punk. This ragtag group of drunken misfits stays true to the ancient ballads and bawlers that once drove sailors around the world, all the while smashing out modern punk with a fury and intensity that is unmatched anywhere.
Formed in 2006 over pints of cheap beer at East Vancouver’s notoriously violent Ivanhoe Hotel, The Dreadnoughts cut their teeth in the roughest dive bars in the city.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
Em Em C G Am Em B Em
[Verse 1]
Em
Well how do you do and what's your name
C G
And where you from sir
Am Em
Welcome to the last domain
B Em
Welcome to the Somme, sir
Em
Fifty-nines for seven days
C G
Flares up on the tenth night
Am Em B
Jesus help the man who strays
Into the black and white
[Instrumental]
Em C G Am Em B Em
[Verse 2]
Em
Worms are in the carrion bread
C G
Rats are in the water
Am Em
So be merry or so be dead
B Em
Back into the slaughter
Em
She don't the color ya blood
C G
Read between the lines, sir
Am Em B
Follow me into the mud
C
It's not your time sir now
[Chorus]
D Em
Walk into the black and white
G
Come underground
D
For Death is on the prowl tonight
Em C G Am Em B Em
The Black and white
[Verse 3]
Em
Some say the devil is dead
C G
But in our opinion
Am Em
She's as real as you or I
B Em
This is her dominion
Em
Plus ca change plus c'est la meme
C G
Lovely observation
Am Em B
Come the morning she'll arrange
C
A demonstration now
[Chorus]
D Em
Walk into the black and white
G
Come underground
D
For Death is on the prowl tonight
Am
The Black and white
[Bridge]
Em C G F Am B Am Em C G F Am B Em
[Verse 4]
Em
Well didja know his father well
C G
Were you both at Clifton
Am Em
Did he play beneath the boughs
B Em
Of his daddy's Lindens
Em
Now he's face down in the ground
C G
Turning into dust, sir
Am Em
Who gave him this final round
C
Who did he trust, sir? now
[Chorus]
D Em
Walk into the black and white
G
Come underground
D
For Death is on the prowl tonight
C
Come on now
D Em
Walk into the black and white
G
Come underground
D
For Death is on the prowl tonight
Em C G Am Em B Em
The Black and white
Em Em C G Am Em B Em
[Verse 1]
Em
Well how do you do and what's your name
C G
And where you from sir
Am Em
Welcome to the last domain
B Em
Welcome to the Somme, sir
Em
Fifty-nines for seven days
C G
Flares up on the tenth night
Am Em B
Jesus help the man who strays
Into the black and white
[Instrumental]
Em C G Am Em B Em
[Verse 2]
Em
Worms are in the carrion bread
C G
Rats are in the water
Am Em
So be merry or so be dead
B Em
Back into the slaughter
Em
She don't the color ya blood
C G
Read between the lines, sir
Am Em B
Follow me into the mud
C
It's not your time sir now
[Chorus]
D Em
Walk into the black and white
G
Come underground
D
For Death is on the prowl tonight
Em C G Am Em B Em
The Black and white
[Verse 3]
Em
Some say the devil is dead
C G
But in our opinion
Am Em
She's as real as you or I
B Em
This is her dominion
Em
Plus ca change plus c'est la meme
C G
Lovely observation
Am Em B
Come the morning she'll arrange
C
A demonstration now
[Chorus]
D Em
Walk into the black and white
G
Come underground
D
For Death is on the prowl tonight
Am
The Black and white
[Bridge]
Em C G F Am B Am Em C G F Am B Em
[Verse 4]
Em
Well didja know his father well
C G
Were you both at Clifton
Am Em
Did he play beneath the boughs
B Em
Of his daddy's Lindens
Em
Now he's face down in the ground
C G
Turning into dust, sir
Am Em
Who gave him this final round
C
Who did he trust, sir? now
[Chorus]
D Em
Walk into the black and white
G
Come underground
D
For Death is on the prowl tonight
C
Come on now
D Em
Walk into the black and white
G
Come underground
D
For Death is on the prowl tonight
Em C G Am Em B Em
The Black and white
The Drills
The Drips
The Droge And Su (...)
The Drones
The Drop-Out Rec (...)