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Intro: 2x  D   Hmfism G  
DYou
You were my Emshoulder, you were my Gboulder
Through the Drain
And Dlight
Light hasn't Emtouched me, love hasn't Gbrushed me
          D( Hm  G)
Since then
YDou say take it all back I Emdon't wanAt this mess of a heart I own
But we GcaEmn't go bDack anymore
DHey
You wEmere my gold touch, you wGere my so much
I couldn't Dbear
And as the Dworld
Was busy exEmploding, you were just Gholding 
        D( Hm  G)
my hand
You say Dtake it all back I don't Emwant this Amess of a heart I own
But we can't Ggo Emback anyDmore
You know the Dfurther we drift away Emmakes it Aeasy for them to say
We were just GsoldEmiers in the Dwar
From noEmw everlasting
                      Hmfism    Em  
Your memory's blasting holes in mine
                          Hmfism         Gx2
There's a ricochet flashing through all time
              D   Hmfism G  
I keep you inside
2x  D   Hmfism G  
You say Dtake it all back I don't Emwant this Amess of a heart I own
               G        Em   D( Hm  G)
But we can't go back anymore
You know the Dfurther we drift away Emmakes it Aeasy to tell my heart
We were just GsoldEmiers in the Dwar
We were just GsoldEmiers in the Dwar
                  G   Emx2        D   Hmfism G  
Now we're just soldiers in the war
 D   Hmfism G..... D  

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Soldiers

by Tim Fagan

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

This is the way we write the chords in Europe.

D Hm G

Intro: 2x fism

You

Em G

You were my shoulder, you were my boulder

Through the rain

And light

Em G

Light hasn't touched me, love hasn't brushed me

D Hm G

( )

Since then

D Em A

You say take it all back I don't want this mess of a heart I own

G Em D

But we can't go back anymore

Hey

Em G

You were my gold touch, you were my so much

I couldn't bear

And as the world

Em G

Was busy exploding, you were just holding

D Hm G

( )

my hand

D Em A

You say take it all back I don't want this mess of a heart I own

G Em D

But we can't go back anymore

D Em A

You know the further we drift away makes it easy for them to say

G Em D

We were just soldiers in the war

From now everlasting

Hm Em

fism

Your memory's blasting holes in mine

Hm G

fism x2

There's a ricochet flashing through all time

D Hm G

fism

I keep you inside

D Hm G

2x fism

D Em A

You say take it all back I don't want this mess of a heart I own

G Em D Hm G

( )

But we can't go back anymore

D Em A

You know the further we drift away makes it easy to tell my heart

G Em D

We were just soldiers in the war

G Em D

We were just soldiers in the war

G Em D Hm G

x2 fism

Now we're just soldiers in the war

D Hm G D

fism .....

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