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TOO LONG A SOLDIER - Pat Benatar
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Transcribed by: Anne Drury
Email: [email protected]
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#m]hildren of '45
L[C#m]oaded like pistols and taught how to die
We l[B]ooked the enemy st[A]raight in the eye (And never surr[C#m]endered)
Through tr[C#m]enches dug in the back of my mind
I [C#m]go over the top time after time
[B]Me and the ones we l[A]eft behind (Faces I'll always rem[C#m]ember)
CHORUS:
Now there's [E]no fight left within me
But the w[D]riting [F#m]of this w[C#m]rong
As n[C#m]ations we're divided, but as p[B]eople we are o[A]ne
Like b[A]rothers in blood, it s[E]eems that we've b[B]een
Too long a s[C#m]oldier
[E] [B] [C#m]
2ND VERSE:
In the c[C#m]ity of monuments
Among the f[C#m]lags of all governments
The o[B]rder of battle is w[A]ritten in the shadows of a [C#m]hard black line
Where p[C#m]eople cry for a nation's scars
And h[C#m]eroes sleep beneath a blanket of stars
T[B]oo young to die, but n[A]ever too old to play the G[C#m]eneral's game
CHORUS:
Now there's [E]no life left within them
But the m[D]emory l[F#m]ingers o[C#m]n
As n[C#m]ations we're divided, but as p[B]eople we are o[A]ne
For b[A]rothers in blood we s[E]ing that we've b[B]een
Too long a s[C#m]oldier
BRIDGE:
[A] [E]
[B]Eternal flames blow [E]in the wind,
I[E]'ve been too l[A]ong a s[B]oldier
C[B]aptain of the Guard, I'm c[E]oming in
T[E]oo long, too l[A]ong a s[B]oldier
I've [F#m]seen so much worth d[A]ying for
So l[F#m]ittle worth k[A]illing ove[C#m]r
[B] [C#m] Hey
BREAK:
C#m E B C#m (play progression 2x)
[F#m] [A] [A] [B]
BRIDGE:
[B]Eternal flames blow [E]in the wind,
I[E]'ve been too l[A]ong a s[B]oldier
C[B]aptain of the Guard, I'm c[E]oming in
T[E]oo long, too l[A]ong a s[B]oldier
I've [F#m]seen so much worth d[A]ying for
So l[F#m]ittle worth k[A]illing over
[B]Soldiers gone[E] before me
[E]I will s[A]urely fade aw[B]ay
My e[B]yes have seen the glory, and the s[E]uffering and the pain
I[E]'ve been too l[A]ong a s[B]oldier
T[E]oo long, too l[A]ong a s[B]oldier
I[E]'ve been too l[A]ong a s[B]oldier
[C#m] [E]
([B]Too long a sold[C#m]ier)
E[C#m]ternal f[E]lames blow in the wind
([B]Too long a sold[C#m]ier)
My [C#m]eyes have seen the g[E]lory of
([B]Too long a sold[C#m]ier)
Oh, [C#m]say can you s[E]ee by the d[B]awn's early l[C#m]ight
O[C#m]ooh, o[E]oh, o[B]oh[B][C#m]
O[C#m]ooh, o[E]oh, o[B]oh...[B][C#m]
[B]
C#m E B B C#m (fade on this progression)
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(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents
their interpretation of the song.)
