Chords for A Soldier's Song

[F] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Dm] I went away [C] to fight a war that [Dm] small [Dm] nations might [C] be free
Got [Bb] a [F] soldier's gun [Bb] and [F] uniform [C] to fight the enemy
I [Bb] was trained to shoot [F] my fellow man [Gm] before [C] he got [Gm] to me
And [C] I danced with death [F] in the [Dm] mud and wet [C] and prayed my home [F] to see
So [Gm] come [C] over to me, darling girl, [Bb] come near me, [Dm]
Molly [F] dear
You are [C] as welcome as [Gm] the [C] flowers in May, [Bb] you're welcome here [F] to me
[Bb] The more I fire, the more [F] muskets shot, [Bb] I'll [F] hear the [Gm] cannon roar
[C] I've done my time, [F] now [Dm] you'll be mine, [C] I'm yours _
[F] forevermore
[Dm] While in the trenches [C] there I thought, [Dm] who starts these bloody [C] wars?
[Bb] And [F] thought of these [Bb] great [F] Irish men [C] who died on these strange shores
[Bb] An abounded burst [F] to the air, a thrust, [Gm] some [C] shrapnel, fire [Gm] and blood
I [C] escaped it then, [F] shot [Dm] back at them [C] and lay back in [F] the mud
[Gm] So come [C] over to me, darling girl, [Bb] come near me, [F] Molly dear
You are [G] as [C] welcome as [Gm] the [C] flowers in May, [Bb] you're welcome [F] here to me
[Bb] The more I fire, the more [F] muskets shot, I'll hear the [Gm] cannon roar
[C] I've done my time, [F] now [Dm] you'll be mine, [C] I'm yours _
[F] forevermore
[Gm] While [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Dm] I was [C] off in foreign lands, [Dm] fighting other [C] people's wars
[Bb] Some [F] gallant men [Bb] were [F] fighting here [C] to free their native shores
You [Bb] shot our [F] leaders of sixteen, saw [Gm] our [C] city sat [Gm] and burned
Then [C] you sent us in [F] the blackened [Dm] tans [C] to greet our home [F] return
[Gm] So come [C] over to me, darling girl, [Bb] come near me, [F] Molly dear
You [Gm] are as [C] welcome as the flowers in May, [Bb] you're welcome here [F] to me
[Bb] The more I fire, the more [F] muskets shot, [Bb] I'll hear the [F]
[Gm] cannon roar
[C] I've done my time, [F] now [Dm] you'll be mine, [C] I'm yours _
[F] forevermore
I [Dm] don't need your [C] hero's welcome, I [Dm] don't want your [C] bugle call
[Bb] No [F] brass bands, [Bb] no [F] pipes, no drums, [C] no metal badge or star
[Bb] But give me what [F] you promised me, [Gm] when [C] first I went [Gm] to war
[C] That's freedom for [F] old [Dm] Ireland, [C] and I'll go to fight [F] no more
So [Gm] come [C] over to me, darling girl, [Bb] come near me, [F] Molly dear
You [Gm] are as [C] welcome as the flowers in May, [Bb] you're welcome here [F] to me
[Bb] The more I fire, the more [F] muskets shot, [Bb] I'll [F] hear the [Gm] cannon roar
[C] I've done my time, [F] now you'll be [Dm] mine, [C] I'm yours _
[F] forevermore
_ [Gm] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _
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