Soldier Boy

Tom: Bm

C# G# C# F# A# D#

Note: G chord is played with thumb on fifth fret and index across third frets

     D     G     A
E|--2--|--3--|--0--|
B|--3--|--3--|--2--|
G|--2--|--0--|--2--|
D|--0--|--0--|--2--|
A|--0--|--X--|--0--|
E|--0--|--5--|--X--|


[Intro]
D G D A
D G D A

[Verse One]
D               G
I was born on a railroad track
         D                            A
With the weight of the world strapped to my back
D            G            D            A
Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy
D                       G
Looking for a life in a graveyard town
       D                   A
If you never get lost, you never get found
D            G            D            A
Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy
D            G            D            A
Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy

[Verse Two]
D                      G
I fell in love with an impossible girl
D                         A
She was my breath in this strangled world
D            G            D            A
Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy
D                          G
She broke my heart with my best friend's name
       D                          A
Now my mind still works, but it's not the same
D            G            D            A
Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy
D            G            D            A
Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy

[Chorus]
      D                 G
We go bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky
D                          A
Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, wella, wella,
D                 G    
Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky
D                          A
Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, wella, wella

[Solo]
D G D A
D G D A

[Verse Three]
D                    G
So many people wanna watch things grow
D                            A
Either they're blind or they just don't know
D            G            D            A
Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy
   D                        G
My Daddy was done before he turned nineteen
   D                    A
My Momma was run like a fast machine
D            G            D            A
Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy
   D                      G
So I cross my heart and I hope to die
        D                       A
Like an aeroplane, baby, coming out of the sky
D            G            D            A
Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy
D            G            D            A
Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy

[Chorus]
      D                 G
We go bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky
D                          A
Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, wella, wella,
D                 G    
Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky
D                          A
Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, wella, wella

[Solo]
D G D A
D G D A
D G D A

[Chorus]
      D                 G
We go bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky
D                          A
Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, wella, wella,
D                 G    
Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky
D                          A
Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, wella, wella
D                 G    
Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky
D                          A
Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, wella, wella