Sunken Soldiers Ball Chords
Sunken Soldiers Ball by Anneke Van Giersbergen is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords Bm, G, F#m, A and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro Bm G Bm G
F#m G F#m G A
Bm A Bm A
Bm
I can't go home
A
I cannot sleep
Bm
I cannot give
A
I cannot keep
G
This heart of stone has left me here
F#m
With only rumors of your left
G F#m Bb
I guess to see you leaving was for the best
Bm
I dream too much
A
and spend my days
Bm A
Like a sailor lost at sea
G
And you were like a mermaid
F#m
in that Danish fairytale
G
I guess the best thing that I could do
F#m Bb
is to sail
Bm G
Away from this sunken soldiers ball
Bm G
Away, do you remember me at all?
F#m G
I have no better words than "Thank you and goodbye"
F#m G A Bm
I wish I didn't have to see our love die
( Bm A Bm A )
( G F#m G F#m Bb )
Bm
At last I'm home
A
My horse will rest
Bm
This tattoed heart
A G
This trembling chest must be alone
F#m
And carry this sorrow back to bed
G F#m Bb
I hope there was no innocent blood shed
Bm G
Away from this sunken soldiers ball
Bm G
Away, do you remember me at all?
F#m G
I have no better words than "Thank you and goodbye"
F#m G A Bm
I wish I didn't have to see our love die
( Bm G Bm G )
( F#m G F#m G A )
Bm G
Away from this sunken soldiers ball
Bm G
Away, do you remember me at all?
F#m G
I have no better words than "Thank you and goodbye"
F#m G A Bm
I wish I didn't have to see our love die