Capercaillie - Soldier Boy

      Capercaillie - Soldier Boy



[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Marching once again under a myriad of stars
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Young men to the cause where all is fair in love and war
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But rules are rules, and no mercy can be shown
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In the fields of the departed, where history is born


[Verse 2]
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In all the lines and prose of war and its ways
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The words that speak the loudest are the ones that you would never say
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From Arras to the Somme and the hell of Passchendaele
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For ninety years and counting, since you told your bloody tale


[Chorus]
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Hey, soldier boy, is your conscience clear?
        C                     F
Is your mind on the road from hell and back
                       G     F
To the one you love so dear?
           G                Am
I know you live in constant fear
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And that's just the way the world seems through roses and tears


[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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When the battle cries no more, and the martyr's work is done
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Did the voices in your head tell you to walk along the pathway
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Of the righteous and the good, and leave it all behind
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In the fields of the departed with the remnants of your mind?


[Chorus]
F            G            Am              F
Hey, soldier boy, is your conscience clear?
        C                     F
Is your mind on the road from hell and back
                       G     F
To the one you love so dear?
           G                Am
I know you live in constant fear
    F                       C                   Dm7            Am  F
And that's just the way the world seems through roses and tears
                 Am      F
Through roses and tears
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Through roses and tears
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Roses and tears


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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So saddle up the horses and tighten up the reins
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Face the bitter winds of tyranny and shame
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We blind ourselves with grace and favours of the heart
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So our minds can hide away in the darkness of our past


[Chorus]
    F            G            Am              F
So, hey, soldier boy, is your conscience clear?
        C                     F
Is your mind on the road from hell and back
                       G     F
To the one you love so dear?
           G                Am
I know you live in constant fear
    F                       C                   Dm7       C
And that's just the way the world seems through roses and tears


[Chorus]
F            G            Am              F
Hey, soldier boy, is your conscience clear?
        C                     F
Is your mind on the road from hell and back
                       G     F
To the one you love so dear?
           G                Am
I know you live in constant fear
    F                       C                   Dm7       Am
And that's just the way the world seems through roses and tears


[Outro]
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Roses and tears