The Soldier Chords by Chris De Burgh

[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ They used [C] to see [Bb] him [F] every day _ [Bb] walking [C] down the [Dm] beach
An _ [F] [Bb] old man with his [F] memories, _ no [Gm] friends or [Bb] family
[C] They _ [F] say [C] he'd been [Bb] a soldier [F]
and [Bb] a hero [C] from the [Dm] war
A [F] _
_ [Bb] solitary man [F] _ who lived [C] alone
And _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] on the day [Dm] he [C] died, _ [F] his medals were [Gm] by [F] his side
And [Bb] a letter in his [F] hand _ that [C] said
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ I [F] have always [C] been [Dm] a soldier
[F] I [Bb] have served my [F] king and [C] my queen
[Dm] _ [Em] _ _
[Bb] Now I'm [F] getting older
[Dm] _ _
[Gm] I can only [Bb] dream
_ [C] _
[F] When I make [C] that final [Dm] journey
_ [F] I [Bb] will turn my [F] face to the [C] sea
[Dm] _ [Em] _ _
[Bb] In this world of [F] changes, _ [Dm] _
[Gm] please _ [C] remember [F] me
A _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ paper [C] and a [Bb] story [F] on [Bb] this brave [C] and humble [Dm] man
There's _ [F] [Bb] no one here to [F] mourn him, _ [Gm] could someone lend a [F] [C] hand?
_ [F] And on [C] the day they [Bb] brought him [F] down to [Bb] the place where [C] he would lie
[Dm] There [F] [Bb] were thousands on the [F] street to say [C] goodbye
_ [F] Many [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ more [Dm] would [C] go in [F] the days and [Gm] months [F] ahead
To _
[Bb] read these words in [F] stone _ that [C] said
_ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ I [A] have [F] always [C] been [Dm] a soldier
_ [F] I [Bb] have served [F] my king and [C] my queen _ _ _
[Bb] Now I'm [F] getting older
[Dm] _ _
[Gm] I can only [Bb] dream
[C] _
[F] When I make [C] that final [Dm] journey
_ [F] I [Bb] will turn my [F] face to [C] the sea _ _
[Bb] In this world of [F] changes, [Dm] _ _
[Gm] please [C] remember [F] me
[C] _ [Dm] _ [F]
[Bb] In this world of [F] changes, [Dm] _ _
[Gm] _ please remember [F] me _ _
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