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* The Decemberists * Album: Her Majesty the Decemberists Song: The Soldiering Life Standard Tuning: EADGBe Chords: D C# A G# F#m E A* D* G e x x x x x x x x x B x x x x x x 2 3 3 G x x x x x 1 2 2 0 D 12 11 7 6 4 2 2 0 0 A 12 11 7 6 4 2 0 x 2 E 10 9 5 4 2 0 x x 3 VERSE I
DAmbling madly all over the C#town The arbor wall you likened to a Dwhisper I likened to a C#radio. DYou were a brickbat, a bowery C#tough, So rough they culled you from a Dcartoon. Pulled out of your C#pantaloons.
CHORUS
But Ayou, my brother in G#arms, I'd rather I'd F#mlose my limbs than let you come to Eharm. But Ayou, my bombazine G#doll The bullets may F#msinge your skin and the mortars may Efall. A* E But I have never felt so alive F#m D* Than tonight, huddled in the trenches, A* Gazing on the battlefield. Our rifles Eblaze away. We Gblaze away. Oh Oh DOh
VERSE II (Same Chords) Corporal Bradley of regiment five In proud array, standing by the bathing Soldiers and the stevedores. We laid on the mattress and tumbled to sleep Our eyes aligned, swaddled in our civies Cradled in our dungarees. CHORUS (Same Chords and Words) *ADD G D* We blaze away. Oh Oh Oh A* E We blaze away. Oh Oh Oh Oh G D* We blaze away. Oh Oh Oh OUTRO SOLO A* E G D* e----------------------------------------------------------------| B----------------------------------------------------------------| G--6\2--2-----6--4--6--7--6--4-----4--6--7--6--2--4-----2-----4--| D----------2--------------------2--------------------4-----4-----| A----------------------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------------------| REPEAT 3X END ON D*