The lonely soldier    (video)

 

    C - F - C (2x)

 

   C               F                C                         F         C

1.    Lonely Soldier, go home, lonely, but never alone,

             Am           F                  C

    good eyes see nothing to shoot,

             Am                     G                     C

    good feet  feel good, givin' up good boots.

 

   C                 F                         C                   F                         C

2.    Ask your father how'd you fall, ask your father how'd you fall !

               Am   F                     C

    Like a leaf, sitting on the ground,  

                  Am                     D            C

    good for nothing, except kicking around.  

 

         C                   F                      C                              F            C

She died with her hand stretched out, she died with a hungry mouth,

                              F                 C                                  G

she died with her mind full of doubt and thoughts of weakening.

                       F                C                       F               C

So, may your river never dry, may your mouth never lie,

                     F                                    C

may you be satisfied to never know why,

         G                               F                 - G

sometimes someone just wants to die.

 

   C                                           F                   C                    

3.    Where did you get those cuts on your hand?

                                             F                  C

    I thought I told you bout playin’ in the sand

                             Am            F           C

    There's always someone kills for glass,

                             Am           D                  C

    there's always questions no one won't ask.

 

+ CHORUS    + repeat verse 1

 

    (Damien Rice & Christy Moore)