Key: E minor
Intro 1
E
B
A
E
F#m
B
A
E
F#m
B
A
E
F#m
B
A
E
F#m
Verse 1
B
A
I'm a soldier of fortune
E
F#m
I've come to save the day
B
A
There's a country that's needs me
E
F#m
And an enemy to slay
B
A
All my friends are in uniform
E
F#m
God is on our side
B
A
E
But I'm leaving my baby back home
F#m
B
A
E
F#m
B
A
Verse 2
E
F#m
B
A
As we head for the ocean
E
F#m
Our spirits are high
B
A
"to battle, to glory,
E
F#m
what a lovely way to die!"
B
A
Looking back at the shoreline
E
F#m
Ringing in my ears
B
A
Are the words of my baby
E
F#m
back home
Verse 3
F#m
D
Bm
C#
Where are you going to so far away
F#m
D
Bm
C#
Your dreams of glory will soon fade away
F#m
D
A
B
We are so young, so much in love
F#m
D
Your country needs you
A
B
but I need you more
A
E
So far away
F#m
Over there
B
A
E
F#m
Verse 4
B
A
Out on the frontline the
E
F#m
story has changed
B
A
For the glory of battle is the
E
F#m
myth on printed page
B
A
As my friends fall around me
E
F#m
I wonder when I die
B
A
E
F#m
Will they carry my body back home
Verse 5
F#m
D
Bm
C#
What are you searching for so far away
F#m
D
Bm
C#
Your dreams of glory will soon fade away
F#m
D
A
B
We are so young, so much in love
F#m
D
Bm
C#
I'm so afraid I won't see you again
F#m
D
Your country needs you
A
B
but I need you more
A
E
So far away
F#m
B
A
E
Over there
F#m
B
A
E
So far away
F#m
Over there
Interlude 1
B
A
E
F#m
B
A
E
F#m
Bm
B
A
E
F#m
B
A
E
F#m
Bm
A
E
F#m
Verse 6
D
Bm
C#
Where are you going to so far away
F#m
D
Bm
C#
Your dreams of glory will soon fade away
F#m
D
A
B
So many lives wasted away
F#m
D
A
B
So many die again and again
F#m
D
Some people say that the
Bm
C#
knights are all gone
F#m
D
Some people say that the
Bm
C#
dragons are dead
F#m
D
But the dragon lives on
A
B
As the spectre of war
F#m
D
And the killing and slaying
A
B
goes on as before
F#m
D
Bm
Will it ever end
C#m
C#
F#m
D
Bm
C#m
Oh... will it ever end
F#m
D
Will it ever en d... ?
Outro 1
A
B
C#m
A
D
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