When I was a y

            
oung boy, 
            
My father took

          
 me into the 
             
city to see a 

            
marching band.

              
 

             
He said, "Son 

            
when you grow 

up, 
            
would you be t

             
he saviour of 

              
the broken, th

              
e beaten and t

                    
he damned?" 
              
He said "Will 

             
you defeat the

       
m, 
             
your demons, a

             
nd all the non

             
 believers, th

              
e plans that t

             
hey have made?

     
" 
              
Because one da

             
y I'll leave y

           
ou, 
            
A phantom to l

                       
ead you in the
             
summer, to joi

            
n the black pa

                            
rade." 

[Instrumental]
------- 

             
When I was a y

           
oung boy, 
            
My father took

          
 me into the 
             
city to see a 

            
marching band.

              
 

             
He said, "Son 

            
when you grow 

up, 
            
would you be t

             
he saviour of 

              
the broken, th

              
e beaten and t

               
he damned?" 

[Instrumental]
-------

             
Sometimes I ge

              
t the feeling 

             
she's watching

                                     
 over me. 
             
And other time

              
s I feel like 

                                    
I should go. 
             
And through it

              
 all, the rise

             
 and fall, the

              
 bodies in the

                                      
 streets. 
             
And when you'r

              
e gone we want

              
 you all to kn

                              
ow. 

              
We'll carry on

         
, 
              
We'll carry on

         
             
And though you

              
're dead and g

      
one believe me

 
              
Your memory wi


ll
             
carry on 

    
              
We'll carry on

         
 
             
And in my hear

              
t I can't cont

    
ain it
           
The anthem won

't explain it
          
             
A woman sends 

              
you reeling fr

             
om decimated d

                                     
reams 
             
Your misery an

              
d hate will ki

                                  
ll us all. 
             
So paint it bl

              
ack and take i

                                
t back 
            
Lets shout it 

              
loud and clear

        
 
             
Defiant to the

           
 end 
              
We hear the ca

           [ 
ll 

              
To carry on, 

         
              
We'll carry on

         
             
And though you

              
're dead and g

      
one believe me

 
              
Your memory wi


ll
             
carry on 

    
              
We'll carry on

         
 
             
And though we'

              
re broken and 

       
defeated
             
Our weary wido

              
w marches.....

  [ 
....

             
On and on we c

              
arry through t

              
he fears (oh..

                
...)
             
Disappointed f

              
aces of your p

                    
eers (oh...)
             
Take a look at

              
 me cause I co

              
uld not care a

      
t all 


Do or die 

You'll never m

ake me 
            
Because the wo

             
rld, will neve

              
r take my hear

                       
t 
              
You can try, y

      
ou'll never br

eak me 
             
You want it al

            
l, you wanna p

lay this part 
             
I won't explai

    
n 

Or say I'm sor

ry
            
I'm unashamed,

             
 I'm gonna sho

                                 
w my scar 
              
Give a cheer, 

             
for all the br

    
oken 
             
Listen here, b

   
ecause it's wh

o we are 
             
I'm just a man

        
, I'm not a he

ro 
           
I'm just a boy

             
, who's meant 

              
to sing this s

                       
ong 
              
I'm just a man

             
, I'm not a he

         
ro 
            
I... Don't... 

           [  
Care 

(you can use the chords for chorus 1 too)
              
We'll carry on

      
 
            
We'll carry on

      
 
            
And though you

              
're dead and g

     
one believe me

 
             
Your memory wi

ll
             
Carry on 
              
We'll carry on

    
 
             
And though you

              
're broken and

        
 defeated 
             
Your weary wid

                               [
ow marches on 

[Play 2x]
             
Do or die You'

 
ll never make 

me 
           
Because the wo

             
rld, will neve

              
r take my hear

                       
t 
              
You can try, y

              
ou'll never br

                            
eak me 
              
You want it al

             
l, you wanna p

                                    [
lay this part
                                 [we'll carry on...]