Little Boy Soldiers

[RIFF 1]:

E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|--------------------------------
A|-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--4--2--0-----0-
E|--------------------------------

E|----------------------------------
B|----------------------------------
G|----------------------------------
D|----------------------------------
A|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0--4--7------------
E|----------------------------------


[RIFF 2]:

E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|--------------------------------
A|-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--6--4--2-----2-
E|--------------------------------

E|----------------------------------
B|----------------------------------
G|----------------------------------
D|----------------------------------
A|-2-2-2--2-2-2--2--6--9------------
E|----------------------------------


[RIFF 3]:

E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--4--2--0-----0-
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------

E|----------------------------------
B|----------------------------------
G|----------------------------------
D|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0--4--7------------
A|----------------------------------
E|----------------------------------


CHORDS USED:
        E   - X79997
        D#m - X68876
        C#m - X46654
        B   - X24442
        C   - X32010
        D   - XX0232
        E   - 022100
        G   - 320003
        Em  - 022000
        Am  - X02210
        A   - X02220


INTRO:

E|---0-----0-----0-----0----------
B|--3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---------
G|-0-----0-----0-----0------------
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------


E|---0----------0-------------0---
B|--3-3--------3-3-----------1-1--
G|-0----------0-------------0-----
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------

E|---------2------------------------
B|--------3-3-----------------------
G|-------2--------------------------
D|----------------------------------
A|----------------------------------
E|----------------------------------

   It's funny how you never knew 
what my name was


E|---0---------0-------------0----
B|--3-3-------3-3-----------1-1---
G|-0---------0-------------0------
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------

E|--------2-------------------------
B|-------3-3------------------------
G|------2---------------------------
D|----------------------------------
A|----------------------------------
E|----------------------------------

   Our only contact was a form for 
the election


E            D#m       C#m     
These days I find that I don't 
B
listen,
E            D#m             C#m
These days I find that we're out
    B
 of touch,
E            D#m       C#m     B
These days I find that I'm too busy,
   E       D#m               C#m 
So why the attention now you want
    B
 my assistance -
C             D        E
What have you done for me?


Continues after the ad
Remove ads
G                   C           
You've gone and got yourself in 
D
trouble,
G                  C        D
Now you want me to help you out.

E            D#m       C#m       
These days I find that I can't be 
 B
bothered,
E            D#m            C#m 
These days I find that it's all 
    B
too much,
   E         D#m     C#m  
To pick up a gun and shoot a 
   B
stranger,
    E           D#m       C#m    
But I've got no choice so here I 
B
come
C   D   E
war games.


[Rick Buckler's Drum Solo]


RIFF1

    RIFF 1
I'm up on the hills, playing little 
boy soldiers,
RIFF 1
Reconnaissance duty up at 5:30.
RIFF 1
Shoot shoot shoot and kill the 
natives,
RIFF 1
You're one of us and we love you for
 that.

RIFF 2
Think of honour, Queen and country,
         RIFF 2
You're a blessed son of the British 
Empire,
      RIFF 2
God's on our side and so is 
Washington.

     RIFF3
Come out on the hills with the 
little boy soldiers,
    RIFF3
I'm up on the hills, playing little 
boy soldiers,
     RIFF3
Come out on the hills, playing 
little boy soldiers.


G          Em          G         
Come on outside - I'll sing you a 
 Em
lullaby,
   Am     Em          Am       
Or tell a tale of how goodness 
Em
prevailed.
   G         Em         G         
We ruled the world - we killed and
 Em
 robbed,
    Am      Em        Am         
The fucking lot - but we don't 
   Em
feel bad.


       F                C     
It was done beneath the flag of 
    G     Am
democracy,
       G  F          Am         
You'll believe and I do - yes I do -
G
 yes I do -
      F                    
yes I do - yes I do - yes I 
 Am                G
do-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-o


E            D#m       C#m       
These days I find that I can't be 
 B
bothered,
   E     D#m            C#m       
To argue with them well what's the 
 B
point,
          E         D#m       C#m
Better to take your shots and 
       B
drop down dead,
          E        D#m       C#m 
then they send you home in a pine
     B
 overcoat
C      D              E
With a letter to your mum
       E      D#m        C#m      
Saying find enclosed one son - one
 B           A
 medal and a note -
   B      E
to say he won.