{"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":2575032,"song":"A Soldiers Return","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11516699-a-soldiers-return-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2575032?type=chord","rating":0.05823,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI went away to fight a war that small nations might be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGot a soldiers guns and uniform to fight the enemy[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI was trained to shoot my fellow before he got to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I danced with death in the mud and wept and prayed my home to see.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo come over to me darling girl come here me Molly dear.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou are as welcome as the flowers in May you're welcome here to me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNo more I'll fire the musket shot or hear the cannon roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've done my time, now you'll be mine I'm yours forever more.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile in the trenches there I thought who starts these bloody-wars[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd thought of these great Irishmen who died on these strangeshores[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThen a bomb did burst to the air it trust some shrapnel fire and blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI escaped it then shot back at them and lay back in the mud.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo come over to me darling girl come here me Molly dear.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou are as welcome as the flowers in May you're welcome here to me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNo more I'll fire the musket shot or hear the cannon roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've done my time, now you'll be mine I'm yours forever more.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile I was off in foreign lands, fighting other peoples' wars[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome gallant men were fighting here to free their native shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou shot our leaders of 16 saw our city sacked and burned[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen you sent us in the Black and Tans to greet our homereturn.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo come over to me darling girl come here me Molly dear.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou are as welcome as the flowers in May you're welcome here to me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNo more I'll fire the musket shot or hear the cannon roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've done my time, now you'll be mine I'm yours forever more.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don't need your heroes welcome I don't want your bugle call[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo brass band no pipes and drums, no medal badge or star[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut give me what you promised me when first I went to war[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's freedom for old Ireland and I'll go to fight no more.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo come over to me darling girl come here me Molly dear.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou are as welcome as the flowers in May you're welcome here to me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNo more I'll fire the musket shot or hear the cannon roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've done my time, now you'll be mine I'm yours forever more.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","G","F","C","Dm","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}