09. Ballad For A Soldier - Leon Russell & Marc Benno - Album 1971 - Asylum Choir II (Hank Wilson) Chords
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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When [A]
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[Em] [D] [A] [E]
I was just a young boy [F#m] I played with [E] salt and guns
[D] And I dreamed [A] of the day I'd become a soldier [E] And [Bm] kill all [E] of the enemies
[Bm] My country [E] tells of thee [D] I sing this [A] anthem sadly, [Em] won't you hear me?
[E]
[Bm] I watched the [E] cannons blazing [Bm] On the giant [Em] silver screen
The [D] [A] swastikas were burning [E] And the hero was me
[Bm] The general [Em] gave the [E] order [Bm] Gladly [E] I obeyed
[G] But the [D] movie [A] faded quickly All at once [E] today
I [Em] stand alone [A] with a charred domain
[C] No [D] well to run, not a [E] place to hide
[Em] Well, sad little [A] children play drunk again [C] Yes, the [G] time has come, [D] the damage [A] has been [E] done
Oh, stray dogs that live on the [A] highway Walk on three legs
[C] Gonna [D] learn to slow to [E] get a message [E] Just like the Indians [A] in the early days
[C] Battle [G] lost won, [D] yet it still [A] goes on [E] It's [Em] just [B] another battle for [E] a soldier, yeah
[D] [E] [D]
[E] [D] [E] [A]
[E] I have no understanding [Bm] Till I saw my [E] mother cry
[G] When they [D] told how [A] many babies [E] I had killed that night
A [A] dozen [E] colored photographs inside of a magazine [D] Told a [A] morbid story [E] like a movie screen
But [Bm] I was [E] not the hero [Bm] that I thought [E] myself to be
[G] [D] Movies [A] are much different [E] than reality The [Bm] general [E] was convicted [Bm] to get off [E] on the hook
[D] But the president [A] might free me for the chance I [E] took
[Em] And we'll all stand alone to [A] win the charge of blame
[C] Sound the [D] way to live, swallow [E] the way to die
[Em] Growl, little children [A] play drunk again [C] And we'll [G] burn the gun
[D] Before the next time [A] [E] comes
Oh, stray dogs that live on the [A] highway Walk on three legs
[C] Gonna [D] move too slow to [E] get the message
Give up and [Em] win, that's [A] all I have to say
[C] I have only [G] really one, [D] but all of [A] mine [Em] There are [B] no more battles [E] for a soldier, yeah
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When [A]
[E] [A] [E] [A]
[Em] [D] [A] [E]
I was just a young boy [F#m] I played with [E] salt and guns
[D] And I dreamed [A] of the day I'd become a soldier [E] And [Bm] kill all [E] of the enemies
[Bm] My country [E] tells of thee [D] I sing this [A] anthem sadly, [Em] won't you hear me?
[E]
[Bm] I watched the [E] cannons blazing [Bm] On the giant [Em] silver screen
The [D] [A] swastikas were burning [E] And the hero was me
[Bm] The general [Em] gave the [E] order [Bm] Gladly [E] I obeyed
[G] But the [D] movie [A] faded quickly All at once [E] today
I [Em] stand alone [A] with a charred domain
[C] No [D] well to run, not a [E] place to hide
[Em] Well, sad little [A] children play drunk again [C] Yes, the [G] time has come, [D] the damage [A] has been [E] done
Oh, stray dogs that live on the [A] highway Walk on three legs
[C] Gonna [D] learn to slow to [E] get a message [E] Just like the Indians [A] in the early days
[C] Battle [G] lost won, [D] yet it still [A] goes on [E] It's [Em] just [B] another battle for [E] a soldier, yeah
[D] [E] [D]
[E] [D] [E] [A]
[E] I have no understanding [Bm] Till I saw my [E] mother cry
[G] When they [D] told how [A] many babies [E] I had killed that night
A [A] dozen [E] colored photographs inside of a magazine [D] Told a [A] morbid story [E] like a movie screen
But [Bm] I was [E] not the hero [Bm] that I thought [E] myself to be
[G] [D] Movies [A] are much different [E] than reality The [Bm] general [E] was convicted [Bm] to get off [E] on the hook
[D] But the president [A] might free me for the chance I [E] took
[Em] And we'll all stand alone to [A] win the charge of blame
[C] Sound the [D] way to live, swallow [E] the way to die
[Em] Growl, little children [A] play drunk again [C] And we'll [G] burn the gun
[D] Before the next time [A] [E] comes
Oh, stray dogs that live on the [A] highway Walk on three legs
[C] Gonna [D] move too slow to [E] get the message
Give up and [Em] win, that's [A] all I have to say
[C] I have only [G] really one, [D] but all of [A] mine [Em] There are [B] no more battles [E] for a soldier, yeah
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[A] I
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[E] _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
I was just a young boy [F#m] I played with [E] salt and guns
[D] And I dreamed [A] of the day I'd become a soldier [E] And [Bm] kill all [E] of the enemies
[Bm] My country [E] tells of thee [D] I sing this [A] anthem sadly, [Em] won't you hear me?
_ [E]
[Bm] I watched the [E] cannons blazing [Bm] On the giant [Em] silver screen
The [D] [A] swastikas were burning [E] And the hero was me
[Bm] The general [Em] gave the [E] order [Bm] Gladly [E] I obeyed
[G] But the [D] movie [A] faded quickly All at once [E] today
I [Em] _ stand alone [A] with a charred domain _
[C] No [D] well to run, not a [E] place to hide
[Em] Well, sad little [A] children play drunk again [C] Yes, the [G] time has come, [D] the damage [A] has been [E] done
Oh, stray dogs that live on the [A] highway Walk on three legs
[C] Gonna [D] learn to slow to [E] get a message _ [E] Just like the Indians [A] in the early days _
[C] Battle [G] lost won, [D] yet it still [A] goes on [E] It's [Em] just [B] another battle for [E] a soldier, yeah
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[E] _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] I have no understanding [Bm] Till I saw my [E] mother cry
[G] When they [D] told how [A] many babies [E] I had killed that night
A [A] dozen [E] colored photographs inside of a magazine [D] Told a [A] morbid story [E] like a movie screen
But [Bm] I was [E] not the hero [Bm] that I thought [E] myself to be
[G] [D] Movies [A] are much different [E] than reality The [Bm] general [E] was convicted [Bm] to get off [E] on the hook
[D] But the president [A] might free me for the chance I [E] took
[Em] And we'll all stand alone to [A] win the charge of blame
_ [C] Sound the [D] way to live, swallow [E] the way to die
[Em] _ Growl, little children [A] play drunk again _ [C] And we'll [G] burn the gun
[D] Before the next time [A] [E] comes
Oh, stray dogs that live on the [A] highway Walk on three legs
[C] Gonna [D] move too slow to [E] get the message
_ _ Give up and [Em] win, that's [A] all I have to say
[C] I have only [G] really one, [D] but all of [A] mine _ [Em] There are [B] no more battles [E] for a soldier, yeah
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When _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
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[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
I was just a young boy [F#m] I played with [E] salt and guns
[D] And I dreamed [A] of the day I'd become a soldier [E] And [Bm] kill all [E] of the enemies
[Bm] My country [E] tells of thee [D] I sing this [A] anthem sadly, [Em] won't you hear me?
_ [E]
[Bm] I watched the [E] cannons blazing [Bm] On the giant [Em] silver screen
The [D] [A] swastikas were burning [E] And the hero was me
[Bm] The general [Em] gave the [E] order [Bm] Gladly [E] I obeyed
[G] But the [D] movie [A] faded quickly All at once [E] today
I [Em] _ stand alone [A] with a charred domain _
[C] No [D] well to run, not a [E] place to hide
[Em] Well, sad little [A] children play drunk again [C] Yes, the [G] time has come, [D] the damage [A] has been [E] done
Oh, stray dogs that live on the [A] highway Walk on three legs
[C] Gonna [D] learn to slow to [E] get a message _ [E] Just like the Indians [A] in the early days _
[C] Battle [G] lost won, [D] yet it still [A] goes on [E] It's [Em] just [B] another battle for [E] a soldier, yeah
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_ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] I have no understanding [Bm] Till I saw my [E] mother cry
[G] When they [D] told how [A] many babies [E] I had killed that night
A [A] dozen [E] colored photographs inside of a magazine [D] Told a [A] morbid story [E] like a movie screen
But [Bm] I was [E] not the hero [Bm] that I thought [E] myself to be
[G] [D] Movies [A] are much different [E] than reality The [Bm] general [E] was convicted [Bm] to get off [E] on the hook
[D] But the president [A] might free me for the chance I [E] took
[Em] And we'll all stand alone to [A] win the charge of blame
_ [C] Sound the [D] way to live, swallow [E] the way to die
[Em] _ Growl, little children [A] play drunk again _ [C] And we'll [G] burn the gun
[D] Before the next time [A] [E] comes
Oh, stray dogs that live on the [A] highway Walk on three legs
[C] Gonna [D] move too slow to [E] get the message
_ _ Give up and [Em] win, that's [A] all I have to say
[C] I have only [G] really one, [D] but all of [A] mine _ [Em] There are [B] no more battles [E] for a soldier, yeah
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