----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOO LONG ASOLDIER (x02220@1)- Pat Benatar ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (This file is the transcriber's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.)
