Soldiers Song

    Em                             
The smoke was slowly rising as the 
Bm
light began to fade,
           Am                      
There were fires on the skyline 
       C
from some distant border raid.
          G                        
And I was riding out at seventeen 
  D                Am
to join my first brigade
     Em
Many years ago.

      Am             Em           
And I chanced upon a farmhouse 
       Am            Em
where the woman took me in,
    C                G            
She gave me food and wine; she 
     Am               Em
gave me shelter from the wind.
    G                              
She delayed me from my regiment, 
  D             Am
and service of my king
     Em
Many years ago.

[Chorus]
She said:
G                  D
"Soldier, before I lose you to the 
fight,
      Em                   Am     
Oh my soldier, I'll make a man of 
      C
you tonight."
            G
She took me over
       D
In the fading fire-glow,
        Am                         
On that wild and misty night she 
     Em
was my woman.

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[Verse 2]
    Em                             
And when I rose next morning I was 
Bm
gone before she stirred,
  Am                              
I tore myself away from there and 
C
left without a word.
    G                            
The sound of distant infantry was 
     D            Am
the only thing I heard
        Em
On that morning.

     Am           Em              
And in that day I aged ten years 
   Am              Em
and died a thousand deaths,
  C                   G           
I learned the feel of frozen steel
     Am             C
 and fear within my breast.
        G                        
But the lesson I'll remember till 
      D            Am
they lay me to my rest
         Em
Keeps returning.

[Chorus]
G                  D
"Soldier, before I lose you to the 
fight,
      Em                   Am     
Oh my soldier, I'll make a man of 
      C
you tonight."
            G
She took me over
       D
In the fading fire-glow,
        Am                         
On that wild and misty night she 
     Em
was my woman.

[Verse 3]
    Em                             
And when the dice of war were 
      Bm
thrown and victory was won,
   Am                             
My drunken young compatriots went 
C
out to have their fun.
          G                        
And there was no single house they 
        D            Am
did not burn or over-run,
        Em
On that evening.

     Am               Em          
So I rode out to that place again 
   Am              Em
as hard as I could ride,
      C                G          
But I found her by the trail along
     Am             Em
 the lonely mountainside.
       G                           
In the hands of those brave friends
             D                Am
 of mine she suffered and she died,
     Em
Many years ago.

[Otro]
G                  D
"Soldier, before I lose you to the 
fight,
      Em                   Am     
Oh my soldier, I'll make a man of 
      C
you tonight."
            G
She took me over
       D
In the fading fire-glow,
        Am                         
On that wild and misty night she 
     Em
was my woman.