Soldier - Harvey Andrews Chords
Chords: A, E, D
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Genre: folk, singer-songwriter, acoustic
Not A particularly hard song. But A very meaningful song about the troubles.
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Intro;
A E E A
A E
In a station in the city a British soldier stood
E A
Talking to the people there if the people would
A E
Some just stared in hatred, and others turned in pain
E A
And the lonely British soldier wished he was back home again
D A
Come join the British Army! said the posters in his town
E A
See the world and have your fun come serve before the Crown
D A
The jobs were hard to come by and he could not face the dole
E A
So he took his country's shilling and enlisted on the roll
A E
For there was no fear of fighting, the Empire long was lost
E A
Just ten years in the army getting paid for being bossed
A E
Then leave a man experienced a man who's made the grade
E A
A medal and a pension some mem'ries and a trade
A E
Then came the call to Ireland as the call had come before
E A
Another bloody chapter in an endless civil war
A E
The priests they stood on both sides the priests they stood behind
E A
Another fight in Jesus name the blind against the blind
D A
The soldier stood between them between the whistling stones
E A
And then the broken bottles that led to broken bones
D A
The petrol bombs that burnt his hands the nails that pierced his skin
E A
And wished that he had stayed at home surrounded by his kin
The station filled with people the soldier soon was bored
But better in the station than where the people warred
The room filled up with mothers with daughters and with sons
Who stared with itchy fingers at the soldier and his gun
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