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