[Intro] e|------------| B|--1--1--1--0--1--3--0--0--1--0--1--3--1--1------------| G|------------| D|------------| A|------------| E|------------| Repeat 4 times [Verse 1] The coldest winter in memory was 1709 The sea froze off the coast of France all along the Neptune line By the lost town of Dunwich the shore was washed away They say you hear the church bells still as they toll beneath the waves [Verse 2] Come all you earthly princes wheresoever you may be From the Sun King in the court of France to the Tsar in Muscovy Take of heed of Charles of Sweden the Lion of the North On the cracked earth of summer with his army he goes forth [Verse 3] I was there amongst that number I heard the trumpets strain I saw the host of banners spread across the Polish plain And those who stood against us they soon were swept away They may have the numbers but it’s Charles shall have the day [Chorus] Guardian angels wherever you may be reach down and keep my soul for me [Verse 4] We cut our way through forests we crossed on frozen streams They fell away before us like a murmur in a dream They burned the land around us while snow was closing in The hands of winter took us as we fired against the wind [Verse 5] Through all the courts of Europe there’s a rumor from the East The kings have come to battle and it’s Charles who’s known defeat They’ll shake their heads and wonder at how this came to be But it’s nights without a shelter that have made an end for me [Chorus] Guardian angels wherever you may be reach down and keep my soul for me [Verse 6] Now Charles is fled to Turkey left his men afar And they’ll be marched through Moscow now as prisoners of the Tsar And had I but known last summer what I know understand I’d have never set my foot inside this bleak and bitter land [Chorus] Guardian angels wherever you may be reach down and keep my soul for me [Outro] The coldest winter in memory was 1709 The sea froze off the coast of France all along the Neptune line By the lost town of Dunwich the shore was washed away They say you hear the church bells still as they toll beneath the waves