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[Verse]
    F#mi imagine    Da dream
    F#min which i'm a soldier    Dand i'm walking
    F#mon the faces     Dof dead women
    F#mand everyone i've     Dleft behind me
    F#mit's the year when    Dthe troops entered
    F#mthe thirty-ninth     Dthirty-ninth parallel
[Chorus]
    F#msend me EhomFe    F#mrestlessE  F  
    F#msend me EhomFe    F#mdamagedE  F  
and F#mwantingDmaj7  D6  F#m  Dmaj7  D6  
[Verse]
    F#mit's the year when    Dsome poet said
    F#m"we must love,    Dor accept the consequenF#mces"
i want you to share    Devery pinprick of guilt
     F#mthat i have felt,    Dthat i have felt
[Chorus]
    F#msend me EhomFe    F#mrestlessE  F  
    F#msend me EhomFe    F#mdamagedE  F  
    F#msend me EhomFe    F#mdisposesE  F  
    F#msend me EhomFe    F#mdamagedE  F  
and F#mwantingDmaj7  D6  F#m  Dmaj7  D6  

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The Soldier

by PJ Harvey

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F#m

Dmaj7

[Verse]

F#m D

i imagine a dream

F#m D

in which i'm a soldier and i'm walking

F#m D

on the faces of dead women

F#m D

and everyone i've left behind me

F#m D

it's the year when the troops entered

F#m D

the thirty-ninth thirty-ninth parallel

[Chorus]

F#m E F F#m E F

send me home restless

F#m E F F#m E F

send me home damaged

F#m Dmaj7 D6 F#m Dmaj7 D6

and wanting

[Verse]

F#m D

it's the year when some poet said

F#m D F#m

"we must love, or accept the consequences"

i want you to share every pinprick of guilt

F#m D

that i have felt, that i have felt

[Chorus]

F#m E F F#m E F

send me home restless

F#m E F F#m E F

send me home damaged

F#m E F F#m E F

send me home disposes

F#m E F F#m E F

send me home damaged

F#m Dmaj7 D6 F#m Dmaj7 D6

and wanting

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