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Lonely Soldier by Damien Rice





         Lonely Soldier






Standard tuning: Capo 5th fret

Chords used, relative to the capo:

G - 320033
Cadd9 - X32033
G/F# - 20033
Em7 - 022033
Dsus2 - XX0230
Dsus4 - XX0233
D - XX0232
C - X32010
D (2 fr.) - X54030

Intro - G Cadd9

Hammer on on the A string on the G chord and the D string on the C chord. You can hear it when you listen.

Verse 1:

 G       Cadd9           G Cadd9 (A couple of hammer ons)
Lonely soldier go home

 G       Cadd9        G     
Lonely but never alone

G/f#    Em7      Cadd9        G
   Good eyes, see nothing to shoot

G/f#    Em7      Cadd9        G
   Good feet, feel good giving up good boots


Verse 2: 

   G         Cadd9                G Cadd9 
So ask your father how'd you fall

    G         Cadd9                G 
So ask your father how'd you fall

G/f#    Em7      Cadd9        G
    Like a leaf, sitting on the ground


G/f#           Em7      Dsus2       G
    Good for nothing, except kicking around


Chorus:

G                Cadd9              G  
She died with her hands stretched out

                 Cadd9         G
She died with a hungry mouth

                Cadd9                G
She died with her mind, full of doubt

                         D/Dsus2/Dsus4/D
and thoughts of weakening

             Cadd9       G
so may your river never dry

             Cadd9         G
and may your mouth never lie

             Cadd9                   G
may you be satisfied, to never know why

                               C        D (2 fr.)
Sometimes, someone just wants to die




and then on with the next verse as before. 




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version 2





This is how the C and F chords are played throughout the song. Listin to the song to get 
right etc. No capo, although one on 2nd fret sounds nice

e|---0----0--0---0---0--0---0--0--------------------------------------------|
B|---1----1--1---1---1--1---1--1--------------------------------------------|
G|---0----0--0---0h2-0--0h2-0--0--------------------------------------------|
D|---0h2--2--2---3---3--3---3--0h2------------------------------------------|
A|---3----3--3---3---3--3---3--3--------------------------------------------|
E|---3----3--3---1---1--1---1--3--------------------------------------------|


C      F          C
Lonely Soldier go home,
C       F         C
Lonely, but never alone..
Am           F            C
Good eyes, see nothing to shoot
Am                       G      C
Good feet, feel good, givin' up good boots

Ask your father how'd you fall
Ask your father how'd you fall
Like a leaf, sitting on the ground
Good for nothing, except kicking around..

C                 F              C
She died with her hand stretched out
C               F      C
She died with a hungry mouth
C                 F            C
She died with her mind full of doubt
               G6 ( hammer on B)
and thought of weakening..
And so may your river never dry
May your mouth never lie
May you be satisfied to never know why
Sometimes, someone just wants to die...

Where did you get those cuts on your hand?
I thought I told you bout playin in the sand
There's always someone careless with glass
There's always questions no one won't ask

She died with her hand stretched out
She died with a hungry mouth
She died with her mind full of doubt
and thought of weakening..
May your river never dry
May your mouth never lie
May you be satisfied to never know why
Sometimes, someone just wants to die...

So Lonely Soldier go home,
Lonely, but never alone..
Good eyes, see nothing to shoot
Good feet, feel good, givin' up good boots





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