Chords for The Hollies - Soldier's Song

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