Pretty Young Soldier

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[Intro]
D Am C G
[Verse]
D Am C G
There are two young lovers, they're pledged to each other's hands,
D Am C G
They meet by the river, to talk of their marriage plans.
D Am C G
“I'm confessing,” he said, “I've signed for a soldier,
D Am C
I'm leaving tomorrow for some foreign land.”
[Chorus]
F G D
She watches the pretty young soldiers,
F G D
As they march themselves off to the war.
F G D
She wonders if she'll ever see him again,
F G A
Somehow she doubts it, but she has to be sure.
[Verse]
D Am C G
So she rode into town on the very next day,
D Am C G
And dressed herself up all in man's array.
D Am C G
With a sword and a musket she took the King's shilling,
D Am
And to fight in some foreign war,
C
She said, “Yes!,” she'd be willing.
[Chorus]
F G D
All you pretty young soldiers,
F G D
In those uniforms that you've never worn.
F G D
The Captain will come to inspect you all now,
F G A
“Let me down and you'll all wish you'd never been born.”
[Verse]
Bm F#m
The Captain astride of his horse's grey flanks,
A
Pulls the pretty young soldier from out of the ranks.
B F#m
His gaze it is fixed and she's starting to shake,
A
He said, “Follow me soldier and listen to the offer that I'm willing to make.”
[Chorus]
F G D
“Come you pretty young soldier,
F G D
Come and be my right hand.
F G A
You're having this strange effect on my soul,
G A
That I don't quite understand.”
[Bridge]
F G D
“Captain, oh Captain, I've a confession to make,
F G D
I love someone else and my heart it will break.”
F G A
And as she released her brown hair from a band,
F G A
It tumbled all down her shoulders and into his hands.
[Chorus]
F G D
“Oh you pretty young soldier,
F G D
Come and take my right hand.
F G D
You're having this strange effect on my soul,
G D
And now I think, I understand.”

Pretty Young Soldier chords and lyrics

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[Intro]
 D Am C G
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]

Pretty Young Soldier Chords by Sting

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