E5          (464444)
I pull my boots off,
                  A5          (242222)
Throw my weapon on    the floor
          E5         (464444)
I cry my eyes out
                     A5      (242222)
In my private little war
         E5
Well it seems I've been a soldier
         (464444)
Heaven knows I've been no saint
          A5
With my camouflage and armor
      (242222)
Cold heart and grease paint
    E5
To you this has no meaning
     (464444)
The armistice laid down
    A5
The armies all are quiet
        (242222)
And the guns don't make a sound, 'cause you..

CHORUS
E5                             C#5
   You melted the steel walls, tore down the bobwire
B5                   A5        (002100)
   filled in the trenches, demanded a ceasefire
E5                         C#5
   And now you're leavin', there's nothin' I can do
B5                   A5       (002100)
   I want you to know, you're gonna take me with you

Well now feel the match on suicide in the foxhole of my mind

and way off in the distance, the air raid sirens whine

and they sing your song of rescue, to my tattered worn out shell

you drag me to your safety, from this my front line hill

CHORUS

(bridge)
C#5                 D5                            E5
  The blood that was spilled in the heartache before
C#5                 A5          B5                             E5
  Left on massive scars, that I never, never could ignore to you