The Temper Trap - Soldier On

      The Temper Trap - Soldier On

Chords by Simon Kelly

The first version of the song works perfectly but I like hearing the bass and treble slide up and down and I 
think this version captures that better.
Where you see "G F#m Em" below, only hit the middle chord once while transitioning.

Starting from verse 4 the guitar goes from clean to being slightly driven so if you have an overdrive pedal,
that would be a good time to start it.

In verse 5, just  strum each chord once and let ring.

No Capo
Standard Tuning


Chords used:

     Bm    D     F#m   G     Em    F     A
e|---7-----5-----2-----3-----0-----1-----5---|
B|---7-----7-----2-----3-----0-----1-----5---|
G|---7-----7-----2-----4-----0-----2-----6---|
D|---9-----7-----4-----5-----2-----3-----7---|
A|---9-----5-----4-----5-----2-----3-----7---|
D|---7-----x-----2-----3-----0-----1-----5---|



[Intro]

Bm D F#m G x2


[Verse 1]

Bm                 D
Who wants to know
F#m                 G
All that is gold is rusting
Bm                D
No one will know
F#m                   G
When seasons cease to change and
Bm              D
How far we've gone
F#m                 G
How far we're going
Bm           
It's the here and the now
D
And the love for the sound
F#m                         G       Bm
Of the moments that keep us moving


[Verse 2]

               D
Waves crash along
F#m                  G
The battered, lonely lighthouse
Bm                   D
Tomorrow she's gone
F#m                 G
And if not, someday somehow
Bm  D     F#m     G
Are these hands a waste
Bm                D
Well this side of mortality is
F#m           G
Scaring me to death
 G F#m Em     Em F F#m
To death

F#m F Em


[Chorus 1]

                     Em F F#m  F#m F Em
Don't think about it at all
              Em F F#m 
Just keep your head low
G                        A
And don't think about it all


Bm D F#m G x2


[Verse 3]

Bm          D
Soldier on, soldier on
F#m             G
Keep your heart close to the ground
Bm         D
Soldier on, soldier on, 
F#m             G        G F#m Em    Em F F#m   F#m F Em 
keep your heart close to the ground


[Chorus 2]

                      Em F F#m  F#m F Em
Don't think about it at all
              Em F F#m 
Just keep your head low
G
Don't think about it
   A
At all


[Verse 4]

Bm D F#m G

Bm D          F#m      G
Yeah, will you take me tonight
Bm D          F#m      G        Bm D F#m G
Yeah, will you take me tonight
Bm D          F#m      G    
Yeah, will you take me tonight
G         Bm D F#m G
Ooooh... tonight

Bm D F#m G x5


[Verse 5]

Bm
Soldier on
D
Soldier on
F#m
Keep your heart
G
Close to the ground