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Soldier Boy - Northern Uproar
B-side to A Girl I Once Knew
Song is in A, although if I play on acoustic I use capo on 2nd fret and use G 
instead of A and so on.
Intro bass riff for guitar x 4 and then guitar comes in
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---5-5-0-2-0-2----(repeat x 4)-------------------------------------------|
Basis of verse riff is A, A,Dadd9, Dadd9, A, A:
    A   A  Dadd9 Dadd9
e|--0---0----0---0----0---0------------------------------------------------|
B|--2---2----3---3----2---2------------------------------------------------|
G|--2---2----2---2----2---2------------------------------------------------|
D|--2---2----4---4----2---2------------------------------------------------|
A|--0---0----0---0----0---0------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1 (use verse riff where A chord is shown):
ALiving in a street in my hometown, gets me down, down, down
It gets me where i've Bmfound, cos theres no Dplace for us to go Aaround
Verse 2:
AAnd everybody here's a soldier man,you know theyre going where they're going
                                              Bm                     D    A  A,G#m  
And there's nowhere left you know,there aint no place for us we can go.
Pre-chorus:
F#mI found some tracks I made it Bmclear (found some tracks I made it F#mclear)
I'm telling everybody I Bmknow, when I DgoE  
Chorus:
That i'm not a AsoBmldier Dboy, cos I can do anything
ASoBmldier Dboy, yeah
ANever gonna give up, Bmnever gonna be Dignored, no
ASoBmldier Dboy.
(Intro riff)
Verse 3:
AComing with belief I thought i'd found, left me down, down, down
It left me like a Bmclown, cos aint no Dchance i'm gonna be Afound
Verse 4:
AIf anybody here could understand, things would be different
                                  Bm                        D      A  A, G#m  
But it's not the way I am, gonna be myself, i'm gonna be a man. 
Pre-chorus:
F#mI found some tracks I made it Bmclear (found some tracks I made it F#mclear)
I'm telling everybody I Bmknow, when I DgoE  
Chorus:
That i'm not a AsoBmldier Dboy, cos I can do anything
ASoBmldier Dboy, yeah
ANever gonna give up, Bmnever gonna be Dignored, no
ASoBmldier Dboy.
(Intro riff x 4)
Bm, D, E  
Solo: chords are B5, C#5, E5  
Chorus:
ASoBmldier Dboy, cos I can do anything
ASoBmldier Dboy, yeah
ANever gonna give up, Bmnever gonna be Dignored, no
ASoBmldier Dboy.
(End)

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Soldier Boy

by Northern Uproar

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dadd9

G#m

F#m

C#5

Soldier Boy - Northern Uproar

B-side to A Girl I Once Knew

Song is in A, although if I play on acoustic I use capo on 2nd fret and use G

instead of A and so on.

Intro bass riff for guitar x 4 and then guitar comes in

D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---5-5-0-2-0-2----(repeat x 4)-------------------------------------------|

A A Dadd9 Dadd9 A A

Basis of verse riff is , ,, , , :

A A Dadd9 Dadd9

e|--0---0----0---0----0---0------------------------------------------------|

B|--2---2----3---3----2---2------------------------------------------------|

G|--2---2----2---2----2---2------------------------------------------------|

D|--2---2----4---4----2---2------------------------------------------------|

A|--0---0----0---0----0---0------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1 (use verse riff where A chord is shown):

Living in a street in my hometown, gets me down, down, down

Bm D A

It gets me where i've found, cos theres no place for us to go around

Verse 2:

And everybody here's a soldier man,you know theyre going where they're going

Bm D A A G#m

And there's nowhere left you know,there aint no place for us we can go.

Pre-chorus:

F#m Bm F#m

I found some tracks I made it clear (found some tracks I made it clear)

Bm D E

I'm telling everybody I know, when I go

Chorus:

A Bm D

That i'm not a soldier boy, cos I can do anything

A Bm D

Soldier boy, yeah

A Bm D

Never gonna give up, never gonna be ignored, no

A Bm D

Soldier boy.

(Intro riff)

Verse 3:

Coming with belief I thought i'd found, left me down, down, down

Bm D A

It left me like a clown, cos aint no chance i'm gonna be found

Verse 4:

If anybody here could understand, things would be different

Bm D A A G#m

But it's not the way I am, gonna be myself, i'm gonna be a man.

Pre-chorus:

F#m Bm F#m

I found some tracks I made it clear (found some tracks I made it clear)

Bm D E

I'm telling everybody I know, when I go

Chorus:

A Bm D

That i'm not a soldier boy, cos I can do anything

A Bm D

Soldier boy, yeah

A Bm D

Never gonna give up, never gonna be ignored, no

A Bm D

Soldier boy.

(Intro riff x 4)

Bm D E

, ,

B5 C#5 E5

Solo: chords are , ,

Chorus:

A Bm D

Soldier boy, cos I can do anything

A Bm D

Soldier boy, yeah

A Bm D

Never gonna give up, never gonna be ignored, no

A Bm D

Soldier boy.

(End)

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