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