{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1497821,"song":"Soldiers Song","artist":"Mike Batt","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11274966-soldiers-song-chords-by-mike-batt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1497821?type=chord","rating":0.14412,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe smoke was slowly rising as the light began to fade,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere were fires on the skyline from some distant border raid.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I was riding out at seventeen to join my first brigade[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMany years ago.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I chanced upon a farmhouse where the woman took me in,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe gave me food and wine; she gave me shelter from the wind.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe delayed me from my regiment, and service of my king[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMany years ago.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nShe said:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Soldier, before I lose you to the fight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh my soldier, I'll make a man of you tonight.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe took me over[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the fading fire-glow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOn that wild and misty night she was my woman.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd when I rose next morning I was gone before she stirred,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI tore myself away from there and left without a word.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe sound of distant infantry was the only thing I heard[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOn that morning.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd in that day I aged ten years and died a thousand deaths,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI learned the feel of frozen steel and fear within my breast.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut the lesson I'll remember till they lay me to my rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nKeeps returning.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Soldier, before I lose you to the fight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh my soldier, I'll make a man of you tonight.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe took me over[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the fading fire-glow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOn that wild and misty night she was my woman.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd when the dice of war were thrown and victory was won,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy drunken young compatriots went out to have their fun.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd there was no single house they did not burn or over-run,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOn that evening.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo I rode out to that place again as hard as I could ride,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut I found her by the trail along the lonely mountainside.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn the hands of those brave friends of mine she suffered and she died,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMany years ago.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Soldier, before I lose you to the fight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh my soldier, I'll make a man of you tonight.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe took me over[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the fading fire-glow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOn that wild and misty night she was my woman.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\nShe said:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Em","Bm","Am","C","G","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}