Dispatch - The General Chords & Tabs

Person: Jeff Hossfeld

song: The General

artist: Dispatch

tab: Original Transcription by Hayden
Further modifications by
Jeff Hossfeld
hossfeld@hotmail.com

The General
by Dispatch

Intro: repeat 2x

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G--------------------------3--3-----2--------------------------
D--------------------------3--3-----3-----3---3h5p3------------
A-----------1--1-------1---1--1-----3--------------------3h5p1-
E-1-1/3p1----------3----------------1--------------------------


e--------(3)(3)---(3)--------------------------------------6---x\-
B---------4--4----(3)------------------------8------------(6)--x\-
G---------5--5-----4-------------------------8-------------7---x\-
D---------5--5-----5-------------------------8-------------8---x\-
A---1/3---3--3-----5-------------1------/6---6-------------8---x\-
E------------------3------1-1/3-----3------------6---6-6---6---x\-


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B--(1)---(1)-----(1)------(1)(1)----------------------------------
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There was a decorated general with a heart of gold

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that likened him to all the stories he told

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of past battles won and lost and legends of old

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a seasoned veteran in his own time


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On the battlefields he gained respectful fame

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with many medals of bravery and stripes to his name

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he grew a beard as soon as he could to cover the scars on his face

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and always urged his men on
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But on the eve of a great battle with the infantry in dream

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D---------------5-------------5---------5--------------------5----
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the old general tossed in his sleep and wrestled with this thing

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G--------------------------8---8---x--x------------------7---7---x--x----
D--------------------------8---8---x--x------------------8---8---x--x----
A--------------------------6---6---x--x------------------8---8---x--x----
E---------------------------6--6----------6--6-----------6---6---x--x----
and he awoke from the night, to tell what he had seen

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and walked slowly out off his tent


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All the men stood tall with their chests in the air

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with a courage in their blood and a fire in their stare

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and it was a wonderful morning and they all wondered how they would
fare

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D---3-------3-------3---------3---3------------------------------------------
A---3-------3-------3---------3---3------------------------------------------
E---1-------1-------1---------1---1------------------------------------------
`till the old general told them to go home

Chours -- just play the same chords

133311
112331
345533
334553
688866
667886

He said.

I have seen the others, and I have discovered...
that this fight is not worth fighting.
And I've seen their mothers, and I will no other...
to follow me where I'm going


"Take" "Living"
 just play the same chords

133311
112331
345533
334553
688866
667886

So...
Take a shower, shine your shoes, you got no time to lose...
your young men you must be living.

just play the the first 2 measures for the next 2 lyric paragraphs

Bridge: F Gb G G G

Power chord varriation
E A D G B E
Bbm: x 1 3 3 x x
F: 1 3 3 x x x
Cm: x 3 5 5 x x
G: 3 5 5 x x x
Ebm/G: x 6 8 8 x x
A#/F: 6 8 8 x x x
Gm7: x x 3 3 3 3

Barre chord varriation
E A D G B E
Bbm: 1 1 3 3 2 1
F: 1 3 3 2 1 1
Cm: 3 3 5 5 4 3
G: 3 5 5 4 3 3
Ebm/G: 6 6 8 8 7 6
A#/F: 6 8 8 7 6 6
Gm7: x x 3 3 3 3
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