Key: G major
Verse 1
F#
B
Ddim
Reaching for a butterfly
C#m
F#
Old soldiers never die
B
Ddim
And the gun against their shoulder
C#m
F#
Well, it gets a little older
Well, I'm an old, forgotten soldier
B
G#m
B
Since they put an en d to war
G#m
F#
D#m
F#
And I like to tell my story
B
G#m
But you don't wanna hear
F#
B
G#m
about the war
B
A
I'm an old, forgotten
Verse 2
G#m
F#
B
campaign her o
E
G#m
B
E
Ddim
Left without a cause
C#
C#m
Eaug
Ddim
C#
G#m
Be cause,
C#
F#
G#m
F#
they took away my wars
G#m
F#
C#
F#
C#
I'm an old, forgotten railroad
G#m
B
A broken, lonely, empty ammo- train
E
F#
And my rusty ammunition
G#m
F#
B
Has been left out in the rain
Verse 3
A
G#m
forgotten part- time dough boy
E
G#m
B
E
Ddim
I tried to save the world
We fired around
F#
G#m
A
F#
D#m
Heard all around the world
F#
C#m
Interlude 1
F#
B
G#m
B
F#
B
Verse 4
A
G#m
F#
I'm an old, forgotten campaign hero
E
G#m
C#m
E
Ddim
Left without a cause
Ddim
G#m
C#
G#m
They
F#
G#m
F#
took away my wars
D#m
F#
But I'm an old, forgotten railroad
D#m
Ammunition
F#
B
G#m
B
F#
B
Has been left out in the rain
Outro 1
A
G#m
B
E
G#m
C#m
E
Ddim
C#
C#m
C#
F#
G#m
A
F#
F#
B
B
D#m
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