Ballad Of The Soldiers Wife

	  		
Intro: 
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verse 

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What was sent to the soldier's wife 
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From the ancient city of prague ? 
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From prague came a pair of high heeled shoes 
            A                    G 
With a kiss or two came the high heeled shoes 
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From the ancient city of prague 

verse 
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What was sent to the soldier's wife 
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From oslo over the sound ? 
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From oslo There came a collar of fur 
            A                    G 
How it pleases her, the little collar of fur 
          F#            Bm 
From oslo over the sound 

 
         D                     A 
What was sent to the soldier's wife 
         D               A 
From the wealth of amsterdam ? 
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From amsterdam, he got her a hat 
                 B 
She looked sweet in that 
                    A 
In her little dutch hat 
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From the wealth of amsterdam 


Instrumental: Bm D Em G Bm G Bm G Bm G Bm G 

verse 
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What was sent to the soldier's wife 
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From brussels in belgian land ? 
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From brussels he sent her the laces so rare 
            A                    G 
To have and to wear, all those laces so rare 
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From brussels in belgian land 

verse 
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What was sent to the soldier's wife 
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From paris, city of light ? 
    F#            D              Bm 
From paris he sent her a silken gown 
              A            G 
It was ended in town, that silken gown 
     F#             Bm 
From paris, city of light 


         D                     A 
What was sent to the soldier's wife 
         D                A 
From the south, from bucharest ? 
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From bucharest he got her this shirt 
      B                       A 
Embroidered and pert, that rumanian shirt 
          F#m              Bm 
From the south, from bucharest 

verse 
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What was sent to the soldier's wife 
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From the far-off russian land ? 
     F#            D              Bm 
From russia there came just a widow's veil 
             A                    G 
For her dead to bewail in her widow's veil 
           F#            Bm 
From the far-off russian land 

outro 
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