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	             TOO LONG ASOLDIER (x02220@1)- Pat Benatar
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Transcribed by: Anne Drury
Email: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com
Date: October 1, 2005

Written by: N.Geraldo, M.Grombacher
CD: "Wide Awake In Dreamland"       (1988, Chrysalis Records)


INTRO:

E (022100@1)F#m (244222@1) (2x)     E (022100@1)F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1)   E (022100@1)F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1)F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1)       E (022100@1)F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1)   E (022100@1)C#m (x13321@4)
1ST VERSE:

             C#mWe (x13321@4)were the children of '45
 C#m
Loaded like pistols and taught how to die
    B (x2444x@1)               A (x02220@1)                              C#mWe (x13321@4)looked the enemy straight in the eye (And never surrendered)
          C#mThrough (x13321@4)trenches dug in the back of my mind
  C#m
I go over the top time after time
B (x2444x@1)                 A (x02220@1)                              C#mMe (x13321@4)and the ones we left behind (Faces I'll always remember)


CHORUS:

            ENow (022100@1)there's no fight left within me
         D (xx0232@1)    F#m (244222@1)    C#mBut (x13321@4)the writing of this wrong
    C#m (x13321@4)                         B (x2444x@1)           AAs (x02220@1)nations we're divided, but as people we are one
      A (x02220@1)                   E (022100@1)              BLike (x2444x@1)brothers in blood, it seems that we've been
            C#mToo (x13321@4)long a soldier


E (022100@1)  B (x2444x@1)  C#m (x13321@4)
2ND VERSE:

        C#mIn (x13321@4)the city of monuments
           C#mAmong (x13321@4)the flags of all governments
     B (x2444x@1)                A (x02220@1)                        C#mThe (x13321@4)order of battle is written in the shadows of a hard black line
       C#mWhere (x13321@4)people cry for a nation's scars
     C#mAnd (x13321@4)heroes sleep beneath a blanket of stars
 B (x2444x@1)                   A (x02220@1)                       C#mToo (x13321@4)young to die, but never too old to play the General's game


CHORUS:

            ENow (022100@1)there's no life left within them
         D (xx0232@1)    F#m (244222@1)   C#mBut (x13321@4)the memory lingers on
    C#m (x13321@4)                         B (x2444x@1)           AAs (x02220@1)nations we're divided, but as people we are one
     A (x02220@1)                  E (022100@1)             BFor (x2444x@1)brothers in blood we sing that we've been
            C#mToo (x13321@4)long a soldier


BRIDGE:

A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)                 EEternal (022100@1)flames blow in the wind, 
 E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)    BI've (x2444x@1)been too long a soldier
 B (x2444x@1)                       E (022100@1)Captain of the Guard, I'm coming in
 E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)    BToo (x2444x@1)long, too long a soldier
     F#m (244222@1)               AI've (x02220@1)seen so much worth dying for
    F#m (244222@1)        A (x02220@1)       C#mSo (x13321@4)little worth killing over


B (x2444x@1)  C#m (x13321@4)       Hey

BREAK:


C#m (x13321@4)  E (022100@1)  B (x2444x@1)  C#m (x13321@4)     (play progression 2x)
F#m (244222@1)  A (x02220@1)  A (x02220@1)  B (x2444x@1)

BRIDGE:

B (x2444x@1)                 EEternal (022100@1)flames blow in the wind, 
 E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)    BI've (x2444x@1)been too long a soldier
 B (x2444x@1)                       ECaptain (022100@1)of the Guard, I'm coming in
 E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)    BToo (x2444x@1)long, too long a soldier
     F#m (244222@1)               AI've (x02220@1)seen so much worth dying for
    F#m (244222@1)        ASo (x02220@1)little worth killing over


B (x2444x@1)          ESoldiers (022100@1)gone before me
E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)          BI (x2444x@1)will surely fade away
    B (x2444x@1)                               EMy (022100@1)eyes have seen the glory, and the suffering and the pain
 E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)    BI've (x2444x@1)been too long a soldier
 E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)    BToo (x2444x@1)long, too long a soldier
 E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)    BI've (x2444x@1)been too long a soldier


C#m (x13321@4)  E (022100@1)
 B (x2444x@1)            C#m(Too (x13321@4)long a soldier)
 C#m (x13321@4)   EEternal (022100@1)flames blow in the wind
 B (x2444x@1)            C#m(Too (x13321@4)long a soldier)
   C#m (x13321@4)               EMy (022100@1)eyes have seen the glory of
 B (x2444x@1)            C#m(Too (x13321@4)long a soldier)
    C#m (x13321@4)        E (022100@1)        B (x2444x@1)          C#mOh, (x13321@4)say can you see by the dawn's early light
 C#m (x13321@4) E (022100@1)  B (x2444x@1)   B (x2444x@1)C#mOooh, (x13321@4)ooh, ooh
 C#m (x13321@4) E (022100@1)  B (x2444x@1)   B (x2444x@1)C#mOooh, (x13321@4)ooh, ooh...


B (x2444x@1)C#m (x13321@4)  E (022100@1)  B (x2444x@1)    B (x2444x@1)C#m (x13321@4)     (fade on this progression)

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(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents 
their interpretation of the song.)