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