BATTLE ON!
by Allison Durno (c) April 1998

Intro: A D E A and "doo doo"s

(spoken, finger snaps)
D- Hey, Gabrielle
A- Uh-huh
D- Was that XENA I saw you with over there?
J- (gasp) You mean the warrior princess?? I hear she's -bad-.
A- Well she was... (guitar stops)
D&J- What's your STORY, Gabrielle?

A              D
I was a child, sheltered and pure
     E                     A  D  E
No sense of the outside world (outside world ho no)
A                  D
Never had known adventure's allure
   D                     E
A wide-eyed and innocent girl (wide-eyed and innocent girl)
    D                     A
But I knew something was missing
    E                    A
My life was impossibly dull (possibly dull)
       D        E      A     D
Never knew the wanton pleasure
     D                   E
Of bashing a Warlord's skull. (bashing a Warlord's skull)

                         D
CHORUS:  'Til there was Xena
                  E               A   D
         And my lonely days were gone
          D                  E
         Xena! Leather-clad princess!
                A       A D E A
         Battle on!
         
(spoken, finger snaps)
J- But I hear she has a past
A- Well, she has killed a few people
D- AND a temper
A- She has torched a village from time to time
J&D- She's trouble, girl!
A- But no! (stop guitar) I swear, she's changed!

      A                    D
My friends all warned me about her (stay away, oh)
             E                   A
They said, "Gabby, her heart is stone," (Gabby, her heart is stone)
    D                  A
But I knew I could reform her
    E           D       A  
If she was no longer alone.

              D       E                A                   F#m
BRIDGE:   And Iiiiii learned it wasn't right to cringe and cower
                                               (aaaah cower)
          And Iiiiii knew she had the original 'girl power'
          And I felt my inhibitions weaken by the hour
          D
          Skirt shorter and bodice tighter
          E
          I knew for certain this was no one-nighter
          
                A
CHORUS:   With Xena!
                 D                  A   D
          And my lonely days are gone
          D             E
          Xena! Warrior princess!
                 A
          Battle on!
          
(doo doo)
          
A                   D
Now we travel from town to town (town to town)
E                             A  D E
Gettin' pretty good with a staff (she's so good with a staff)
     A                   D
And when I think of the girl I was, well...
E         D        A
I almost have to laugh (ha. ha. wah-oooooh)
D                       A
Yeah, 'cause of Xena my husband is dead (he's dead)
     D                   A
We live on a whim and a poem 
     D      E       A            D
I'm muddy, hunted, famished and cold (muddy, hunted, famished and cold)
                               E
But HEY...it beats staying at home.  (HEY)

                       D
CHORUS:   Since I met Xena!
                  E                A  D
          And my lonely days are gone
          D                  E
          Xena! Leather-clad princess!
                 A           D
          Battle on! Battle on!
          D              E
          Xena! Warrior princess
                 A
          Battle on.
          
(Doo-doo ending)
A D E A / D E A / D E A