Rush - Armor and Sword: chords

     Em                   C
The snakes and arrows a child is heir to
Em          C          G/B     Em  C Em C G/B
Are enough to leave a thousand cuts
   Em                  C               Em
We build our defenses, a place of safety
               C      G/B    Em       C
And leave the darker places unexplored

    Em         G       F        Am
Sometimes the fortress is too strong
        Em          G  F Am
or the love is too weak
      Em          G       F
What should have been our armor
  Am        Em      G         F Am
becomes a sharp and angry sword

Chorus:
     C              Em
Our better natures seek elevation
D                 C
A refuge for the coming night
                      Em               D
No one gets to their heaven without a fight
No one

We hold beliefs as a consolation
A way to take us out of ourselves
Meditation or medication
A comfort or a promised reward

Sometimes the spirit is too strong
or the flesh is too weak
Sometimes the need is just too great
for the solace we seek
The suit of shining armor becomes
a keen and bloody sword

Chorus:
No one gets to their heaven without a fight
A refuge for the coming night
A future of eternal light
No one gets to their heaven without a fight
No one

    C                 D#
Confused alarms of struggle and flight,
   B                 G#
blood is drained of color
 C                   D#          E
By the flashes of artillery light,
                      G#               C   D#
no one gets to their heaven without a fight
     B                 G#
The battle flags are flown
                  C         D#
at the feet of a god unknown
 E                    G#
No one gets to their heaven, heaven

No one gets to their heaven without a fight

Sometimes the damage is too great
or the will is too weak
What should have been our armor
becomes a sharp and burning sword

Chorus:
No one gets to their heaven without a fight
A refuge for the coming night,
a future of eternal light
No one gets to their heaven without a fight
No one
No one gets to their heaven without a fight