Jason Isbell - Soldiers Get Strange Intro: Em – C – D x4 (fourth time, hold C) I play it starting on 7th fret, drop the G on B string once, like this:

e-^Em-7--7--7--^C3----^D5-- B--8--7--8--5----7-- G--9--9--9--5----7-- D--9--9--9--5----7-- A--7--7--7--3----5-- E--x--x--x--x----x--

Rest of the song I play normally, i.e. Em is 022000

You w^Gant her to ^G/Ftry new t^Chings. She re^Gminds you she w^G/Fears your r^Cing. And a^Gfter a c^G/Fouple o’ ^Cdrinks, she's a little^G scared of yo^G/Fu. ^C A g^Good friend is ^G/Fhard to f^Cind. You w^Gish you could s^G/Fpend more t^Cime ^Gtowing ci^G/Fvilian li^Cnes, but they're all s^Gcared of you. ^G/F ^C It's not the t^Emime that makes it ^Em/F# go b^Gad It's not the t^Emhought of what you ^Em/F#could've h^Gad It's not the ^Emway that her figure ^Em/F# has ch^Ganged G G/F C (hold) It's just that a soldier gets strange

You know she's a real good girl. She reminds you that every curl that whips in the wind of the world, is watched by the eyes of God. But lately your mane's gone white. You itch in your veins in the night. Before you "came home alright" you wielded the lightning rod. It ain't the time that makes it go South It ain't the liquor that burns in your mouth Nearly nothing around here's changed It's just that a soldier gets strange

She t^Curns off the lights so you c^Eman't see her body You c^Can't make her fight when you ^Emknow that you're wrong They c^Call you a hero, so m^Emany still fighting G G/F C (hold) This ain't where you belong

[Instrumental]: G G/F C x3 Maybe you'll re-enlist. It couldn't be worse than this. But think of the things you'll miss, if you're inside the wire again It's not the dreams that keep you up late It's not the world you saw incinerate It's not the way that her figure has changed It's just that a soldier gets strange G G/F C (hold) Most of all you got strange [Intro chords just like the start]

Jason Isbell - Soldiers get strange