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The Ballad Of A Soldier by Libby Donovan
The Ballad Of A Soldier
Capo: 3rd fret
Intro -- Am, Em, G, D x2
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Am Em G
He marches through the barricades and fights across the line
D
He’s seen some things he never thought he’d see
Am Em G
He’s working through each order one step at a time
D
He’s not allowed to dream of where he could be
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C Am
Cause she’s at home and crying for him
Em D
While he’s out there and they’re dyin’ for him
C Am
One wrong move is all it takes to
Em D
Take a life away
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C
He’ll keep marching,
Am Em
He’ll keep fighting till the sun appears again
C
He’ll never stop but
Am Em
It’ll be worth it in the
C Am Em
When he comes home to see his family happy, laughing and alive
C
He wouldn’t change a thing cause
Am Em
He helped them survive
C
In the dark
Am
In the light
Em
In the war that he just came from
C
Right to the end
Am
He will fight
Em
Until everything is done
C Am
He’ll keep marching in the sand
Em
To the sound of the old drum band
C Am Em
That is waiting for him to come home
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Am Em G
A maiden met her perfect man amongst the summer grass
D
A memory that haunts inside her mind
Am Em G
He’s trying to get home but knows the others would not last
D
Just a little longer will be fine
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C Am
Cause she’s at home and crying for him
Em D
While he’s out there and they’re dyin’ for him
C Am
One wrong move is all it takes to
Em D
Take a life away
~
C
He’ll keep marching,
Am Em
He’ll keep fighting till the sun appears again
C
He’ll never stop but
Am Em
It’ll be worth it in the
C Am Em
When he comes home to see his family happy, laughing and alive
C
He wouldn’t change a thing cause
Am Em
He helped them survive
C
In the dark
Am
In the light
Em
In the war that he just came from
C
Right to the end
Am
He will fight
Em
Until everything is done
C Am
He’ll keep marching in the sand
Em
To the sound of the old drum band
C Am Em
That is waiting for him to come home
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Am Em G
She's sitting in the kitchen when she hears the doorbell ring.
D
She sees two men she hoped she’s never see.
Am Em G
She has to take a seat when they tell her everything
D
She’s breaking as she thinks: what could have been
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C Am
Now she’s at home and crying for him
Em D
No one else is dyin’ for him
C Am
One wrong move was all it took to
Em D
Take his life away
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C
He's stopped marching
Am
He’s stopped fighting
Em
And the sun appeared again
C Am Em
He had to stop but it was worth it in the end
C Am
Though he’s not home to see his family happy
Em
Laughing and alive
C
He wouldn't change a thing
Am Em
Cause he helped them survive
C
In the dark
Am
In the light
Em
In the war that he had fought in
C
Until the end
Am
He shined so bright
Em
And now everything is done
C Am
Now he's lying in the sand
Em
And the beat of the old drum band
C Am Em
Plays out melodies of those that want him home
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C Am
Now he's lying in the sand
Em
And the beat of the old drum band
C Am Em
Plays out melodies of those that want him home
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