Soldier Boy - Northern Uproar
B-side to A Girl I Once Knew
Song is in A, although if I play on acoustic I use capo on 2nd fret and use G
instead of A and so on.
Intro bass riff for guitar x 4 and then guitar comes in
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---5-5-0-2-0-2----(repeat x 4)-------------------------------------------|
Basis of verse riff is A, A,Dadd9, Dadd9, A, A:
A A Dadd9 Dadd9
e|--0---0----0---0----0---0------------------------------------------------|
B|--2---2----3---3----2---2------------------------------------------------|
G|--2---2----2---2----2---2------------------------------------------------|
D|--2---2----4---4----2---2------------------------------------------------|
A|--0---0----0---0----0---0------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1 (use verse riff where A chord is shown):
A
Living in a street in my hometown, gets me down, down, down
Bm D A
It gets me where i've found, cos theres no place for us to go around
Verse 2:
A
And everybody here's a soldier man,you know theyre going where they're going
Bm D A A,G#m
And there's nowhere left you know,there aint no place for us we can go.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/northern_uproar/soldier_boy_crd.html ]
Pre-chorus:
F#m Bm F#m
I found some tracks I made it clear (found some tracks I made it clear)
Bm D E
I'm telling everybody I know, when I go
Chorus:
A Bm D
That i'm not a soldier boy, cos I can do anything
A Bm D
Soldier boy, yeah
A Bm D
Never gonna give up, never gonna be ignored, no
A Bm D
Soldier boy.
(Intro riff)
Verse 3:
A
Coming with belief I thought i'd found, left me down, down, down
Bm D A
It left me like a clown, cos aint no chance i'm gonna be found
Verse 4:
A
If anybody here could understand, things would be different
Bm D A A, G#m
But it's not the way I am, gonna be myself, i'm gonna be a man.
Pre-chorus:
F#m Bm F#m
I found some tracks I made it clear (found some tracks I made it clear)
Bm D E
I'm telling everybody I know, when I go
Chorus:
A Bm D
That i'm not a soldier boy, cos I can do anything
A Bm D
Soldier boy, yeah
A Bm D
Never gonna give up, never gonna be ignored, no
A Bm D
Soldier boy.
(Intro riff x 4)
Bm, D, E
Solo: chords are B5, C#5, E5
Chorus:
A Bm D
Soldier boy, cos I can do anything
A Bm D
Soldier boy, yeah
A Bm D
Never gonna give up, never gonna be ignored, no
A Bm D
Soldier boy.
(End)
