Soldier Boy - Northern Uproar
B-side to A Girl I Once Knew
Song is in A, although if I play on acoustic I use capo on 2nd fret and use G
instead of A and so on.
Intro bass riff for guitar x 4 and then guitar comes in
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---5-5-0-2-0-2----(repeat x 4)-------------------------------------------|
Basis of verse riff is , ,, , , :
e|--0---0----0---0----0---0------------------------------------------------|
B|--2---2----3---3----2---2------------------------------------------------|
G|--2---2----2---2----2---2------------------------------------------------|
D|--2---2----4---4----2---2------------------------------------------------|
A|--0---0----0---0----0---0------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1 (use verse riff where A chord is shown):
Living in a street in my hometown, gets me down, down, down
It gets me where i ve found, cos theres no place for us to go around
Verse 2:
And everybody here s a soldier man,you know theyre going where they re going
,
And there s nowhere left you know,there aint no place for us we can go.
Pre-chorus:
I found some tracks I made it clear (found some tracks I made it clear)
I m telling everybody I know, when I go
Chorus:
That i m not a soldier boy, cos I can do anything
Soldier boy, yeah
Never gonna give up, never gonna be ignored, no
Soldier boy.
(Intro riff)
Verse 3:
Coming with belief I thought i d found, left me down, down, down
It left me like a clown, cos aint no chance i m gonna be found
Verse 4:
If anybody here could understand, things would be different
,
But it s not the way I am, gonna be myself, i m gonna be a man.
Pre-chorus:
I found some tracks I made it clear (found some tracks I made it clear)
I m telling everybody I know, when I go
Chorus:
That i m not a soldier boy, cos I can do anything
Soldier boy, yeah
Never gonna give up, never gonna be ignored, no
Soldier boy.
(Intro riff x 4)
, ,
Solo: chords are , ,
Chorus:
Soldier boy, cos I can do anything
Soldier boy, yeah
Never gonna give up, never gonna be ignored, no
Soldier boy.
(End)
