It Has Always Been The Soldier Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C][Dsus4]
[G]It's

[Verse 1]
not CBS or [C]NBC,
[G]AB C or CNN,
that's given us the freedom
[D]of the [Gsus4]press.
Not [G]Jerry Falwell, or Larry Flint,
[Am]Ted Kennedy,
or Jesse Jackson.
[G]Giving us the freedom to [C]verbally express.
[G]Not the[Bb] campus organizer
and [C]all the demonstrations.
Giv[Bb]ing us the freedom to m[C]arch,
freely march, and disagree.
[Asus4]Oh, can't[D] yo[Asus4]u see?[A]
[Asus4]It has always be[D]en
[Asus4]the soldi[D]er
who has [G]made [Em]the s[A]ac[D]rifice.
[Asus4]Stand ing[A] str[D]ong and pro[Asus4]ud in battle[D],
[A]Wil[Bm]ling to l[Asus4]ay down [A]his life.[Dsus4]
[G]And somewhere there's a [C]soldier,
And he's looking at a
picture of his little [G]girl,
How he wishes [C]he [D]was home.
[G]And somewhere there's
another soldier,
[Am]he's reading a love letter from his [G]wife,
and she's telling him that she feels
[C]so desperately [G]alone.
[Bb]Somewhere there's a mom and dad
[C]who cry late in the night
for [Bb]a son who won't be coming home.
[C]A son who gave his[Bb] life.
[C]Freedom isn[D]'t free.
Oh, can't [Asus4]you see?[A][G][Asus4][G]
[A]Well, [D]it has always,
[Asus4]al ways b[D]een the soldier
[Em]Who's made the [A]sacri[D]fice
[Asus4]Standing [A]str[D]ong and
[Asus4]proud in [D]battle
[A]Will[Bm]ing [A]to l[Asus4]ay down [A]his life[Dsus4][D]
[A]To the angry man who shakes his fist
[G]Burns the [D]stars in strife
[A]That's the same flag that
drapes the coffin
[Bm]Those [A]who[Bm] gave their lives
[G]There's no other place that you [A]can go
Or that [F#]you have ever [Bm]been
Where the [C]blood of soldiers
gives the right to burn that flag
[A]again[Asus4][Bbsus4]
It [Bb]has a[Eb]lways been t[Bbsus4]he soldier[Eb]
who has [Bb]made[Bbsus4][Bb]
[Bbsus4]the sacrif[Bb]ice[Eb]
[Ab]Stand[Bb] ing [Ab]stro[Bb]ng an[Eb]
[Bb]d pr[Bbsus4]oud in battle,[Eb][Bb]
[Cm]Willing [Bbsus4]to lay[Ebm][Bbsus4]
[Bb]down his l[Eb]ife,[Fm]
[Ab]It h[Eb]as al[Ab]ways been the so[Eb]ldier
On the [Ab]land, [Bbsus4]in the air and sea.[Bb][Eb]
It has [Ab]always [Bbsus4]been the soldi[Eb]er
fighting [Bbsus4]for our lib[Bb]erty[Bbsus4],
[Eb]fighting for o[Ab]ur liber[Eb]ty.
It has al[Fm]ways, [Ab]always been,
it has [G]always been the men,
[Eb]the women [G]of our a[Gaug]rmed fo[B]rces,
who have paid [G#m]the pr[B]ice.[E]
[D#]The soldiers. you