So Long Soldier

	  		

Intro: E  B A  B A  (2x)


Verse 1:
 
C#m         G#m 
   Back in 95 
A little boy from  
A 
just outside of London 
       E 
Took a fated trip  
 B 
across the ocean 
C#m              G#m 
   Little did he know 
That he would find his 
A 
voice in verse and 
              E 
chorus Making wishes 
       B           A 
on his broken stereo 
      C#m       B 
Can't shake the noise 
              G#m 
from his bones 
A         C#m 
  Hear it all play  
B              B 
out in distant echoes 



E        F#m E 
  So long  
       B A 
soldier  Cruise  
   B A      B/Eb 
con  troller 
C#m 
Satellite trajectory 
B 
Guide us into reverie 
    D 
and come down 
To voice a generation 




Chorus: E  F#m A  B A  B  


Verse 2:
 
C#m        G#m 
   Late 2005 The boy's got  
         A 
plans as crazy as his friends 
     E 
They take their chances 
B             C#m 
driving west alone 
                   G#m 
Give them six more years 

and see what time will 
A 
do for hopeless dreamers 
        E 
Singing wishes to 
      B           A 
their broken stereo 
          C#m       B 
You Can't shake the noise 
                G#m 
from their bones 
A         C#m 
  Hear it all play  
B              B 
out in distant echoes 


(Repeat Chorus 1) 


Interlude: E  F#m A  B A  B  


Outro:
 
E       A  E 
So long soldier 
A 
Cruise controller 
C#m 
Satellite trajectory 
E                 B 
Guide us into reverie 
    D 
and come down 
To voice a generation