• Song:

    Soldiers

  • Artist:

    James Taylor

  • Album:

    Mud Slide Slim and the ...

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Soldiers
James Taylor (c) 1971

A- (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)         AIt (x02220@1)was just after sun-rise and down by the sea
Em (022000@1)        Bm (x24432@1)             G (320003@1)          Adown (x02220@1)on the sand flats where nothing will grow
     D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)      Acome (x02220@1)drumming and footsteps like out of a dream
          Em (022000@1)         Bm (x24432@1)         A- (x02220@1)where the golden green waters come in.

     D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)              AJust (x02220@1)nine lucky soldiers had come through the night
Em (022000@1)         Bm (x24432@1)        G (320003@1)       Ahalf (x02220@1)of them wounded and barely alive
     D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)        AJust (x02220@1)nine out of twenty was a-headed for home
     Em (022000@1)         Bm (x24432@1)      C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G A- (x02220@1)with eleven sad stories to tell.

    C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)            Em (022000@1)       BmI (x24432@1)remember quite clearly when I got out of bed
         C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)        Em (022000@1)      A (x02220@1)       GA. (320003@1)I said, "Oh, good morning. What a beautiful day."

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