{"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":2105591,"song":"Pretty Young Soldier","artist":"Sting","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2105591-pretty-young-soldier-chords-by-sting/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2105591?type=chord","rating":4.75958,"votes":6,"content":"[Intro]\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere are two young lovers, they're pledged to each other's hands,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey meet by the river, to talk of their marriage plans.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n“I'm confessing,” he said, “I've signed for a soldier,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm leaving tomorrow for some foreign land.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe watches the pretty young soldiers,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs they march themselves off to the war.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe wonders if she'll ever see him again,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSomehow she doubts it, but she has to be sure.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo she rode into town on the very next day,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd dressed herself up all in man's array.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a sword and a musket she took the King's shilling,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd to fight in some foreign war,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe said, “Yes!,” she'd be willing.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll you pretty young soldiers,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn those uniforms that you've never worn.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe Captain will come to inspect you all now,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n“Let me down and you'll all wish you'd never been born.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                                     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThe Captain astride of his horse's grey flanks,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]            \r\nPulls the pretty young soldier from out of the ranks.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                                           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHis gaze it is fixed and she's starting to shake, [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                \r\nHe said, “Follow me soldier and listen to the offer that I'm willing to make.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n“Come you pretty young soldier,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCome and be my right hand.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou're having this strange effect on my soul,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat I don't quite understand.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n“Captain, oh Captain, I've a confession to make,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI love someone else and my heart it will break.”[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd as she released her brown hair from a band,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt tumbled all down her shoulders and into his hands.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n“Oh you pretty young soldier,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCome and take my right hand.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou're having this strange effect on my soul,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd now I think, I understand.”[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n D Am C G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","Am","C","G","F","A","Bm","F#m","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"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]},"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]}}}