• Song:

    Lonely Soldier

  • Artist:

    Damien Rice

A song that he does live often, you can hear it on one of the fansites he has knocking about.

Standard tuning: Capo 5th fret

Chords used, relative to the capo:

G - 320033
Cadd9 - X32033
G/F# - 20033
Em7 - 022033
Dsus2 - XX0230
Dsus4 - XX0233
D - XX0232
C - X32010
D (2 fr.) - X54030

Intro - G Cadd9

Hammer on on the A string on the G chord and the D string on the C chord. You can hear it when you listen.

Verse 1:

 G       Cadd9           G Cadd9 (A couple of hammer ons)
Lonely soldier go home

 G       Cadd9        G     
Lonely but never alone

G/f#    Em7      Cadd9        G
   Good eyes, see nothing to shoot

G/f#    Em7      Cadd9        G
   Good feet, feel good giving up good boots


Verse 2: 

   G         Cadd9                G Cadd9 
So ask your father how'd you fall

    G         Cadd9                G 
So ask your father how'd you fall

G/f#    Em7      Cadd9        G
    Like a leaf, sitting on the ground


G/f#           Em7      Dsus2       G
    Good for nothing, except kicking around


Chorus:

G                Cadd9              G  
She died with her hands stretched out

                 Cadd9         G
She died with a hungry mouth

                Cadd9                G
She died with her mind, full of doubt

                         D/Dsus2/Dsus4/D
and thoughts of weakening

             Cadd9       G
so may your river never dry

             Cadd9         G
and may your mouth never lie

             Cadd9                   G
may you be satisfied, to never know why

                               C        D (2 fr.)
Sometimes, someone just wants to die




and then on with the next verse as before. Comments welcome.
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