Too Long a Soldier Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Dm]
[C][Am]

[Verse 1]
We were [Am]the children
of `45
Loaded like pistols and taught how to die
We [G]looked the enemy [F]straight in the
eye [G](And never surrender)
[Am]Through trenches dug in
the back of my mind
I go over the top time after time
[G]Me and the ones we [F]left [G]behind
[Am](Faces I'll always remember)

[Verse 2]
Now there's [C]no fight left within me,
but the [Bb]writing [Dm]of this wr[Am]ong
As nations we're divided,
but as [G]people we are [F]one
Like brothers in blood it [C]seems that we've
[G]been -Too Long [Am]A Soldier
[C][G][Am]

[Verse 3]
In the city of monuments,
among the flags of all governments
The [G]order of battle is [F]written in the shadows
[Am]of a hard black li[G]ne
Where [Am]people cry for a nations scars
And heros sleep beneath a blanket of stars
[G]Too young to die,
[F]but never too old to play the gen[Am]eral's game

[Verse 4]
Now there's [C]no life left within them,
but [Bb]the memory [Dm]lingers [Am]on
As nations we're divided,
but as [G]people we are [F]one
For brothers in blood we [C]sing that
we've [G]been -Too Long A Soldier
[Am]

[Verse 5]
[G]Eternal flames blow in the[C] wind,
I've been Too [F]Long [G]A Soldier
Captain of the guard I'm com[C]ing in,
Too Long, Too [F]Long A Sol[G]dier
I've [Dm]seen so much worth dy[F]ing for,
so [Dm]little worth [F]killing [Am]over

[Verse 6]
[G][Am]
[C]Hey, Hey[G][Am][C][G][Am]
[Dm][F][G][C]
[G]Eternal flames blow in the[C] wind,
I've been [F]Too Long A [G]Soldier
Captain of the guard I'm com[C]ing in,
Too Long, Too [F]Long [G]A Soldier
I've [Dm]seen so much worth [F]dying for,
so [Dm]little worth [F]killing over
[G]Soldiers gone [C]before me,
I will [F]surely fade [G]away

[Verse 7]
My [G]eyes have seen the glory,
and the suffering [C]and the pain
I've been Too [F]Long A [G]Soldier,
[C]Too Long, Too [F]Long A [G]Soldier
[C]I've been [F]Too Long [G]A Soldier
[Am][C]

[Verse 8]
[G]Too Long A S[Am]oldier)
Eternal [C]flames blow in [G]the wind
Too Long [Am]A Soldier)
My eyes have seen the [C]glory of
[G]Too Long [Am]A Soldier)
Oh say can you [C]see by the [G]dawns
early [Am]light
Oooh, Ooh, Ooh
[C]Ooo[G]h, [Am]Oo h[C], Oo[G]h

[Outro 1]
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