Tabs

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Coat of Mail
By:   Harry Manx 

[intro:]   3 X [ D  E ] F#m   

[verse: 1]
             Bm                        D     A
There's an honest man I know in the welfare line
  D                                G                           D   E
Lives upstairs at the Yale you can  call him a good friend of mine
                  D   E
good friend of mine

[verse: 2]
     Bm                        D          A
Whoa he was taken down by the man at his door
  D                      G                              D    E    
Cloak of desperation now   yeah got wrapped around his soul
                    D   E   F#m
wrapped around his soul

[chorus:]
F#m           E
   Sew him a coat of mail
         D          
Make it all alright
  E
Send him the wind to sail
F#m          E         
  Sew him a coat of mail 
         D            
  coat of mail
           E
  coat of mail
             D    E
    yah I know 
             D           E
    coat of mail  yah I know
             D    E
    coat of mail
             D    E
    coat of mail

[solo: guitar]   3 x [ D   E ]    F#m

[verse: 3]
             Bm                       D                A
Oh oh oh, I stood below your window, some things I understood
 D                                 G                    D     E
Out in the world's a struggle and    every man needs a plan
                    D    E 
 every man needs a plan

[verse: 4]
          Bm                               D          A
Oh oh you listen without words, its not everyone can see
        D                          G                             D   E
But recognize your eyes, well well,   yeah they once belonged to me
                 D   E  F#m
once belonged to me

[chorus:]
F#m           E
   Sew him a coat of mail
         D          
Make it all alright
  E
Send him the wind to sail
F#m          E                 D       E
  Sew him a coat of mail   a coat of mail
             D    E
   yah I know 
             D             E
    coat of mail  yeah I know
             D    E
    coat of mail

[solo: guitar]   3 x [ D   E ]   F#m

[verse: 5]
     Bm                                    D               A
Yeah you walk the streets at sunrise, no matter where you turn
   D                                   G                    D    E
There's questions without answers, and    they continue to burn
              D   E
continue to burn

[verse: 6 ]
       Bm                      D           A
It's a fine thread gonna keep you in this place
        D                                     G                             D    E
Well I see you sound yourself something cause    whoa it's written on your face
                  D    E  F#m
written on your face

[chorus:]
F#m           E
   Sew him a coat of mail
         D          
Make it all alright
  E
Send him the wind to sail
F#m          E              D       E
  Sew him a coat of mail a coat of mail
             D    E
   yah I know 
             D            E
    coat of mail  yeah I know
             D    E
    coat of mail

[coda:]
             D    E      F#m  {finish}
    coat of mail



chords:
A       002220
Bm      224432 
D       000232
E       022100
F#m     244222