Chords for Phil Ochs - Song of a Soldier

_ _ _ _ _ And the flag-draped coffins are a-sailing home
_ [G#m] And the waves are watching _ [C#] as the engine draw
_ _ [A#m] As the ship [G#] [F#] draws near, hear [B] the bugle [G#m] call
The [D#m] sad and [C#] silent [F#] song of a soldier
_ _ _ With a hero's greeting, we will welcome him
_ _ [G#m] With a hero's speeches, we [C#] will honor him
With [A#m] a [F#] hero's ending, we [B] will bury him
[G#m] _ That's the [D#m] sad [G#] and silent song [F#] of a soldier
_ _ _ And comfort his family with a telegram _
_ We [G#m] regret to inform you, [C#] we have lost a man
_ [A#m] But we gave [C#] him [F#] the highest medal [B] of the [G#m]
land
[F#] That's the [D#m] sad [G#] and silent [F#] song of a soldier
_ _ _ We know what an awful price he had to pay
_ But [G#m] the enemy was contained [C#] for another day
We [A#m]
trained [F#] him well, he would [B] have wanted [G#m] it that way
[F#] That's the [D#m] sad and [C#] silent [F#] song of a soldier
_ _ _ Oh, the weary wounded, they wait by his side
_ _ [G#m] _ Wondering why they [C#] hadn't also _ died
[A#m] The [F#] picture of _ patriotic [G#m] pride
That's the [D#m] sad and [C#] silent song [F#] of a soldier
_ _ And the flag is at half-mast, wet with foreign rain
_ [G#m] _ Ignored by the strangers, [C#] he had helped to train
_ [A#m] To him [F#] it was duty, to [B] them a [G#m] gain
_ [F#] That's the sad [G#] and silent [F#] song of a soldier
_ At _ Arlington he's lowered down without a paw
_ [G#m] And his native land welcomes him [C#] with open _ jaws
[F#]
[A#m] And the [F#] tombstone reads, such a noble [G#m] _ cause
[F#] That's the sad [G#m] and [C#] silent song of a soldier _ _ _
Now a moment [F#] of silence for the broken man
_ [G#m] While the president proudly [C#] crawls, we'll never bend
_ [A#m] And cheers [C#] the [F#] replacements [B] marching off [G#m] again
[F#] That's the [D#m] sad and [C#] silent [F#] song of a soldier
_ And the flag, great office, RS Allen Hall
_ _ [G#m] And the waves are watching [C#] as the engine draws
_ [A#m] As the [G#] ship [F#] draws near, [B] hear the bugle [G#m] call
_ [F#] That's [D#m] the sad and [D#]
silent [F#] song of a soldier _ _ _ _
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