Chords for Mike Batt - Soldier's Song

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_ _ So I was [Em] slowly rising [Bm] as the light began to fade
There [A] were fires on the skyline from [C] some distant border raid
And I was [G] riding [D] out at seventeen to join my first [Am] brigade
Many [Em] years ago
And _ _ _ I [Am] chanced upon a [Em] farmhouse [Am] where the woman [Em] took me in
[C] She gave me [G] food and wine, she gave [Am] me shelter [C] from the wind
She [G] delayed me from my regiment [D] and the service of [Am] my king
Many [E] years ago
She [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] said, [G] soldier, before I allude you [D] to the fight
Oh my [Am] [Em] soldier, [Am] I'll make a man of [C] you tonight
She took me over [G] in the fading [D] fire glow
[Am] On that wild and misty night she was [E] my woman
[Em] When _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I rose next morning I [Bm] was gone before she stirred
[D] I tore [A] myself away from [Bm] there [Am] and left without a word
[G] The sound of distant infantry was [D] the only thing I [Am] heard on that [Em] morning
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] And in that [Em] day I aged ten [Am] years, I died a [Em] thousand deaths
[C] I learned the [G] feel of frozen [Am] steel and fear within [C] my breast
[G] But the lesson I'll remember, [D] she'll delay me to [Am] my rest [E] Keeps returning
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] [G] Soldier, before I allude you to [D] the fight
Oh my [Am] [Em] soldier, I'll make [Am] a man of you [C] tonight
She took me [G] over in the fading [D] fire glow
On that [Am] wild and misty night she [Em] was my woman _ _ _
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_ _ _ When the dice of war were [Bm] thrown and victory was won
[D] My drunken young compatriots [Am] went out to have their fun
[G] And there was no single [D] house they did not burn or [Am] overrun on [Em] that evening
So _ _ _ [Am] I rode out to [Em] that place again [Am] as hard as I could [Em] ride
[C] But I found her by [G] the trail along [Am] the lonely [C] mountainside
[G] In the hands of those great friends of mine [D] she suffered and she [Am] died many [Em] years ago
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_ _ _ [C] _ [G] Soldier, before I allude you to the [D] fight
Oh my [Em] soldier, I'll make [Am] a man [C] of you tonight
She took me [G] over in the fading [D] fire glow
On that [Am] wild and misty night she was my [Em] woman
Thank _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _
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you, thank you Sean
And the orchestra, thank you very much _
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