Soldier Boy - Northern Uproar

B-side to A Girl I Once Knew

Song is in A, although if I play on acoustic I use capo on 2nd fret and use G 
instead of A and so on.

Intro bass riff for guitar x 4 and then guitar comes in

D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---5-5-0-2-0-2----(repeat x 4)-------------------------------------------|

Basis of verse riff is A, A,Dadd9, Dadd9, A, A:

A   A  Dadd9 Dadd9

e|--0---0----0---0----0---0------------------------------------------------|
B|--2---2----3---3----2---2------------------------------------------------|
G|--2---2----2---2----2---2------------------------------------------------|
D|--2---2----4---4----2---2------------------------------------------------|
A|--0---0----0---0----0---0------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1 (use verse riff where A chord is shown):
ALiving (x02220@1)in a street in my hometown, gets me down, down, down
                      Bm (x24432@1)                 D (xx0232@1)                AIt (x02220@1)gets me where i've found, cos theres no place for us to go around

Verse 2:
AAnd (x02220@1)everybody here's a soldier man,you know theyre going where they're going
                             Bm (x24432@1)               D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)A,Abm
And there's nowhere left you know,there aint no place for us we can go.

Pre-chorus:
F#m (244222@1)                         Bm (x24432@1)                               F#mI (244222@1)found some tracks I made it clear (found some tracks I made it clear)
                        Bm (x24432@1)         D (xx0232@1)EI'm (022100@1)telling everybody I know, when I go

Chorus:
               ABm    DThat (xx0232@1)i'm not a soldier boy, cos I can do anything
ABm    DSoldier (xx0232@1)boy, yeah
A (x02220@1)                  Bm (x24432@1)           DNever (xx0232@1)gonna give up, never gonna be ignored, no
ABm    DSoldier (xx0232@1)boy.

(Intro riff)

Verse 3:
AComing (x02220@1)with belief I thought i'd found, left me down, down, down
                  Bm (x24432@1)               D (xx0232@1)                 AIt (x02220@1)left me like a clown, cos aint no chance i'm gonna be found

Verse 4:
AIf (x02220@1)anybody here could understand, things would be different
                       Bm (x24432@1)         D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)  A, AbmBut (133111@4)it's not the way I am, gonna be myself, i'm gonna be a man.

Pre-chorus:
F#m (244222@1)                         Bm (x24432@1)                               F#mI (244222@1)found some tracks I made it clear (found some tracks I made it clear)
                        Bm (x24432@1)         D (xx0232@1)EI'm (022100@1)telling everybody I know, when I go

Chorus:
               ABm    DThat (xx0232@1)i'm not a soldier boy, cos I can do anything
ABm    DSoldier (xx0232@1)boy, yeah
A (x02220@1)                  Bm (x24432@1)           DNever (xx0232@1)gonna give up, never gonna be ignored, no
ABm    DSoldier (xx0232@1)boy.

(Intro riff x 4)

Bm, D, E

Solo: chords are B5, C#5, E5

Chorus:
ABm    DSoldier (xx0232@1)boy, cos I can do anything
ABm    DSoldier (xx0232@1)boy, yeah
A (x02220@1)                  Bm (x24432@1)           DNever (xx0232@1)gonna give up, never gonna be ignored, no
ABm    DSoldier (xx0232@1)boy.

(End)