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Soldier chords by 
Angelic Upstarts
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Verse 1
G
D
G
In a station
in the city
D
a British soldier stood
Talking to the people there
G
if the people would
Some just stared in hatred,
D
and others turned in pain
And the lonely British soldier wished
G
he was back home again
C
Come join the British Army! said
G
the posters in his town
D
See the world and have your fun,
G
come serve before the Crown
C
The jobs were hard to come by
G
and he could not face the dole
D
So he took his country's shilling
G
and enlisted on the roll
For there was no fear of fighting,
D
the Empire long was lost
Just ten years in the army getting
G
paid for being bossed
D
Then leave a man experienced a man
who's made the grade
A medal and a pension,
G
some mem'ries and a trade
Then came the call to Ireland as
D
the call had came before
Another bloody chapter in
G
an endless civil war
The priests they stood on both sides
D
the priests they stood behind
Another fight in Jesus's name
G
the blind against the blind
C
The soldier stood between them,
G
between the whistling stones
D
And then the broken bottles
G
that led to broken bones
C
The petrol bombs that burnt his hands
G
the nails that pierced his skin
D
And now wished that he'd stayed
G
at home surrounded by his kin
The station filled with people the sol
D
dier soon was bored
G
But better in the station than where
the people warred
The room filled up with mothers
D
with daughters and with sons
Who stared with itchy fingers at
G
the soldier and his gun
A yell of fear a screech of brakes
D
the shattering of glass
The window of the station broke to
G
let the package pass
A scream came from the mothers as
D
they ran towards the door
Dragging children crying from
G
the bomb upon the floor
The soldier stood and could not move
D
his gun he could not use
He knew the bomb had seconds and
G
not minutes on the fuse
He could not run to pick it up
D
and throw it in the street
There were far too many people there,
G
too many running feet
C
Take cover! yelled the soldier,
G
Take cover for your lives
D
And the Ir ishmen threw down their young
G
and stood before their wives
C
They turned towards the soldier,
G
their eyes alive with fear
D
For God's sake save our children or they'll
G
en d their short lives here
The soldier moved towards the bomb
D
his stomach like a stone
Why was this his battle God
G
why was he alone
He lay down on the package and he mur
D
mured one farewell
To those at home in England
G
to those he loved so well
He saw the sights of summer felt the
D
wind upon his brow
The young girls in the city parks how pre
G
cious were they now
The soaring of the swallow the beau
D
ty of the swan
The music of the turning world so
G
soon would it be gone
A muffled soft explosion and
D
the room began to quake
The soldier blown across the floor
G
his blood a crimson lake
They never heard him cry or shout
D
they never heard him moan
And they turned their children's faces from
G
the blood and from the bones
C
The crowd outside soon gathered
G
C
and the ambulances came
G
D
G
To carry off the body of a pawn
lost to the game
C
And the crowd they clapped and cheered
G
and they sang their rebel songs
D
One soldier less to interfere
G
where he did not belong
C
But will the children growing up learn
G
at their mothers' knees
D
The story of that soldier who
G
bought their liberty
C
Who used his youthful body as a
G
means towards the end
D
Who gave his life to those who
G
called him murderer not friend
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