My Kind Of Soldier Chords

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My Kind Of Soldier by Guided By Voices is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, G6, C7M, Am, D5 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			Verse chords :    
e|-----------------------------| 
B|-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---0---| 
G|-4-2-5---4-2-0---4-2-5---0---| 
D|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0---| 
A|-------------------------2---| 
E|-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3---| 
                     G      G       G        G6 
 Intro 
G             

e|---------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------| 
G|-0----0---0---0--0-0---0---0---0---0--0------------| 
D|-9---10---9---3--7-2---5---4---5---7--0------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------| 

Verse: 1 
G 
Paralyze the chains 
G 
Soft the shelled remains 
G 
Stun the strike brigade 
            G6 
They are played 
G 
Out with cheek and hair 
G 
Take the right to bare 
G 
Teeth to bite them down 
          G6 
In the ground 


C7M 
My kind of soldier, you can ride on my shoulders 
            G6 
When you've won 
C7M 
Fight for the moment of control 
                        Am       D5 
When it opens then its gone 

Verse: 2 
G 
Introduce your pride 
G 
To the other side 
G 
Vaporize the trial 
         G6 
With denial 


C7M 
My kind of soldier, you can ride on my shoulders 
            G6 
When you've won 
C7M 
Fight for the moment of control 
                        Am       D5 
When it opens then its gone 


Instrumental: G

e|---------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------| 
G|-0----0---0---0--0-0---0---0---0---0--0------------| 
D|-9---10---9---3--7-2---5---4---5---7--0------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------| 

Outro 
G6 C G6 C 
G6 C G6 C 
G6 C G6 C 
G6 C G6 C G 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante