Biography:
The Nightwatchman is the solo project of American musician Tom Morello (guitarist for Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and Street Sweeper Social Club). Morello began performing as The Nightwatchman in 2003 (with some album covers showing Tom Morello The Nightwatchman or Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman).
Morello has explained, "The Nightwatchman is my political folk alter ego. I've been writing these songs and playing them at open mic nights with friends for some time.
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Other songs:
- Battle Hymns
- Garden Of Gethsemane
- House Gone Up In Flames
- Maximum Firepower
- Midnight In The City Of Destruction
- One Man Revolution
- Solidarity Forever
- Union Song
- Alone Without You
- Black Spartacus Heart Attack Machine
- Branding Iron
- Californias Dark
- Dark Clouds Above
- God Help Us All
- Gone Like Rain
- King Of Hell
- Lazarus On Down
- Let Freedom Ring
- Night Falls
- No One Left
- Rise To Power
- Saint Isabelle
- Save The Hammer For The Man
- Shake My Shit
- The Fabled City
- The Iron Wheel
- The King Of Hell
- The Lights Are On In Spidertown
- Union Town
- Whatever It Takes
- World Wide Rebel Songs
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Capo 3rd Fret (chords not lined up perfectly)
Dm F
Battle hymns for the broken
Bm Am
Battle hymns for the misled
C A
Battle hymns for the wretched
Dm
The forgotten and the dead
Dm F
Battle hymns of redemption
Bm Am
Of solidarity and pride
C A
Battle hymns we will be singing
Dm
At the turning of the tide
Dm F C
Dm
Can you explain to the mothers
F
And the fathers of those
C
Who come riding home in coffins
Dm
In their military clothes
Dm
Shiny medals pinned
F
To their dead teenage chests
C
While the trumpets blare
Dm
And you lie your best
Dm
So ask all you want
F
From the dusk til the dawn
C
The answer's still no
Dm
Cause brother I'm gone
Dm F
Battle hymns for the broken
Bm Am
Battle hymns for the misled
C A
Battle hymns for the wretched
Dm
The forgotten and the dead
Dm F
Battle hymns of redemption
Bm Am
Of solidarity and pride
C A
Battle hymns we will be singing
Dm
At the turning of the tide
F C A
Can you explain away the sleight of hand
Am
And the criminality
C
Of spending souls for oil
Dm
Well in the mirror I can see
Dm
I am the path that leads down
F
I am a dark and bloody hall
C
I'm the reaper, executioner
Dm
Hangman, judge, and the law
Dm
So tie a yellow ribbon
F
Round the oak tree on the lawn
C
But the cavalry's not comin'
Dm
Cause brother they're gone
Dm F
Battle hymns for the broken
Bm Am
Battle hymns for the misled
C A
Battle hymns for the wretched
Dm
The forgotten and the dead
Dm F
Battle hymns of redemption
Bm Am
Of solidarity and pride
C A
Battle hymns we will be singing
Dm
At the turning of the tide
F C A
So I'm sharpening my shovel
Am
I'm firing the kiln
C
I'm blind and I am purposeful
Dm
A martyr on the hill
Dm
The dream you might be dreaming
F
Might be someone else's dream tonight
C
I'm the whisperer of misgivings
Dm
I'm the fading tail light
Dm
I'm the call for retribution
F
From the back of the smoke filled hall
C
I'm the vow of bitterness
Dm
I'm the poison in the well
Dm
I've a photographic memory
F
Of the deeds I will avenge
C
I'm the cold in the river hollow
Dm
I've a hatpin, I've a plan
Dm
I don't care of cause or consequence
F
Head shaved and body lean
C
I'm the go getter, the score settler
Dm
I'm the shadow on the green
Dm
There's a flock of blackbirds flying
F
Nearly ten thousand strong
C
Who set off this morning
Dm
And brother they're gone
Dm F
Battle hymns for the broken
Bm Am
Battle hymns for the misled
C A
Battle hymns for the wretched
Dm
The forgotten, for the dead
Dm F
Battle hymns of redemption
C A
Of solidarity and pride
Dm
Battle hymns we will be singing
Dm
At the turning of the tide
Dm F
Battle hymns for the broken
Bm Am
Battle hymns for the misled
C A
Battle hymns for the wretched
Dm
The forgotten and the dead
Dm F
Battle hymns of redemption
Bm Am
Of solidarity and pride
C A
Battle hymns we will be singing
Dm
At the turning of the tide
Dm F C
Dm
Can you explain to the mothers
F
And the fathers of those
C
Who come riding home in coffins
Dm
In their military clothes
Dm
Shiny medals pinned
F
To their dead teenage chests
C
While the trumpets blare
Dm
And you lie your best
Dm
So ask all you want
F
From the dusk til the dawn
C
The answer's still no
Dm
Cause brother I'm gone
Dm F
Battle hymns for the broken
Bm Am
Battle hymns for the misled
C A
Battle hymns for the wretched
Dm
The forgotten and the dead
Dm F
Battle hymns of redemption
Bm Am
Of solidarity and pride
C A
Battle hymns we will be singing
Dm
At the turning of the tide
F C A
Can you explain away the sleight of hand
Am
And the criminality
C
Of spending souls for oil
Dm
Well in the mirror I can see
Dm
I am the path that leads down
F
I am a dark and bloody hall
C
I'm the reaper, executioner
Dm
Hangman, judge, and the law
Dm
So tie a yellow ribbon
F
Round the oak tree on the lawn
C
But the cavalry's not comin'
Dm
Cause brother they're gone
Dm F
Battle hymns for the broken
Bm Am
Battle hymns for the misled
C A
Battle hymns for the wretched
Dm
The forgotten and the dead
Dm F
Battle hymns of redemption
Bm Am
Of solidarity and pride
C A
Battle hymns we will be singing
Dm
At the turning of the tide
F C A
So I'm sharpening my shovel
Am
I'm firing the kiln
C
I'm blind and I am purposeful
Dm
A martyr on the hill
Dm
The dream you might be dreaming
F
Might be someone else's dream tonight
C
I'm the whisperer of misgivings
Dm
I'm the fading tail light
Dm
I'm the call for retribution
F
From the back of the smoke filled hall
C
I'm the vow of bitterness
Dm
I'm the poison in the well
Dm
I've a photographic memory
F
Of the deeds I will avenge
C
I'm the cold in the river hollow
Dm
I've a hatpin, I've a plan
Dm
I don't care of cause or consequence
F
Head shaved and body lean
C
I'm the go getter, the score settler
Dm
I'm the shadow on the green
Dm
There's a flock of blackbirds flying
F
Nearly ten thousand strong
C
Who set off this morning
Dm
And brother they're gone
Dm F
Battle hymns for the broken
Bm Am
Battle hymns for the misled
C A
Battle hymns for the wretched
Dm
The forgotten, for the dead
Dm F
Battle hymns of redemption
C A
Of solidarity and pride
Dm
Battle hymns we will be singing
Dm
At the turning of the tide
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