E          (464444)
I pull my boots off,
                  A9          (242222)
Throw my weapon on    the floor
          E         (464444)
I cry my eyes out
                     A9      (242222)
In my private little war
         E
Well it seems I've been a soldier
         (464444)
Heaven knows I've been no saint
          A9
With my camouflage and armor
      (242222)
Cold heart and grease paint
    E
To you this has no meaning
     (464444)
The armistice laid down
    A9
The armies all are quiet
        (242222)
And the guns don't make a sound, 'cause you..

CHORUS
E                             C#m7
   You melted the steel walls, tore down the bobwire
Bm7                   A9        (002100)
   filled in the trenches, demanded a ceasefire
E                         C#m7
   And now you're leavin', there's nothin' I can do
Bm7                   A9       (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#m                 D                            E
  The blood that was spilled in the heartache before
C#m                 A9          B                             E
  Left on massive scars, that I never, never could ignore to you