----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOO LONG A SOLDIER - Pat Benatar ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transcribed by: Anne Drury Email: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com Date: October 1, 2005 Written by: N.Geraldo, M.Grombacher CD: "Wide Awake In Dreamland" (1988, Chrysalis Records) INTRO: E F#m (2x) E F#m E E F#m E F#m E E F#m E E C#m 1ST VERSE:

We were the c^C#mhildren of '45 L^C#moaded like pistols and taught how to die We l^Booked the enemy st^Araight in the eye (And never surr^C#mendered) Through tr^C#menches dug in the back of my mind I ^C#mgo over the top time after time ^BMe and the ones we l^Aeft behind (Faces I'll always rem^C#member)

CHORUS:

Now there's ^Eno fight left within me But the w^Driting ^F#mof this w^C#mrong As n^C#mations we're divided, but as p^Beople we are o^Ane Like b^Arothers in blood, it s^Eeems that we've b^Been Too long a s^C#moldier

E B C#m 2ND VERSE:

In the c^C#mity of monuments Among the f^C#mlags of all governments The o^Brder of battle is w^Aritten in the shadows of a ^C#mhard black line Where p^C#meople cry for a nation's scars And h^C#meroes sleep beneath a blanket of stars T^Boo young to die, but n^Aever too old to play the G^C#meneral's game

CHORUS:

Now there's ^Eno life left within them But the m^Demory l^F#mingers o^C#mn As n^C#mations we're divided, but as p^Beople we are o^Ane For b^Arothers in blood we s^Eing that we've b^Been Too long a s^C#moldier

BRIDGE: A E

^BEternal flames blow ^Ein the wind, I^E've been too l^Aong a s^Boldier C^Baptain of the Guard, I'm c^Eoming in T^Eoo long, too l^Aong a s^Boldier I've ^F#mseen so much worth d^Aying for So l^F#mittle worth k^Ailling ove^C#mr

^B ^C#m Hey BREAK:

C#m E B C#m (play progression 2x) F#m A A B BRIDGE:

^BSoldiers gone^E before me ^EI will s^Aurely fade aw^Bay My e^Byes have seen the glory, and the s^Euffering and the pain I^E've been too l^Aong a s^Boldier T^Eoo long, too l^Aong a s^Boldier I^E've been too l^Aong a s^Boldier

C#m E

(^BToo long a sold^C#mier) E^C#mternal f^Elames blow in the wind (^BToo long a sold^C#mier) My ^C#meyes have seen the g^Elory of (^BToo long a sold^C#mier) Oh, ^C#msay can you s^Eee by the d^Bawn's early l^C#might O^C#mooh, o^Eoh, o^Boh ^B ^C#m O^C#mooh, o^Eoh, o^Boh... ^B ^C#m

B C#m E B B C#m (fade on this progression) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (This file is the transcriber's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.)

Pat Benatar - Too long a soldier