Soldier Boy

G F C Dm7 C Marching once again under a myriad of stars F C Dm7 Am Young men to the cause where all is fair in love and war F C Dm7 C But rules are rules, and no mercy can be shown F C Dm7 C In the fields of the departed, where history is born F C Dm7 C In all the lines and prose of war and its ways F C Dm7 Am The words that speak the loudest are the ones that you would never say F C Dm7 C From Arras to the Somme and the hell of Passchendaele F C Dm7 C For ninety years and counting, since you told your bloody tale F G Am F Hey, soldier boy, is your conscience clear? C F Is your mind on the road from hell and back G F To the one you love so dear? G Am I know you live in constant fear F C Dm7 C And that's just the way the world seems through roses and tears C F C F Am C F G/B C G F C Dm7 C When the battle cries no more, and the martyr's work is done F C Dm7 Am Did the voices in your head tell you to walk along the pathway F C Dm7 C Of the righteous and the good, and leave it all behind F C Dm7 C In the fields of the departed with the remnants of your mind? F G Am F Hey, soldier boy, is your conscience clear? C F Is your mind on the road from hell and back G F To the one you love so dear? G Am I know you live in constant fear F C Dm7 Am F And that's just the way the world seems through roses and tears Am F Through roses and tears Dm7 F Through roses and tears Dm7 D Roses and tears C F C F C F C G (2x) F C Dm7 C So saddle up the horses and tighten up the reins F C Dm7 Am Face the bitter winds of tyranny and shame F C Dm7 C We blind ourselves with grace and favours of the heart F C Dm7 C So our minds can hide away in the darkness of our past F G Am F So, hey, soldier boy, is your conscience clear? C F Is your mind on the road from hell and back G F To the one you love so dear? G Am I know you live in constant fear F C Dm7 C And that's just the way the world seems through roses and tears F G Am F Hey, soldier boy, is your conscience clear? C F Is your mind on the road from hell and back G F To the one you love so dear? G Am I know you live in constant fear F C Dm7 Am And that's just the way the world seems through roses and tears C F C F C F C G C F C F C F C G Roses and tears