The Soldier Chords
by PJ Harvey
The Soldier by PJ Harvey is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F#m. It uses the chords F#m, D, E, F, Dmaj7 and D6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
F#m D
i imagine a dream
F#m D
in which i'm a soldier and i'm walking
F#m D
on the faces of dead women
F#m D
and everyone i've left behind me
F#m D
it's the year when the troops entered
F#m D
the thirty-ninth thirty-ninth parallel
F#m E F F#m E F
send me home restless
F#m E F F#m E F
send me home damaged
F#m Dmaj7 D6 F#m Dmaj7 D6
and wanting
Verse
F#m D
it's the year when some poet said
F#m D F#m
"we must love, or accept the consequences"
D
i want you to share every pinprick of guilt
F#m D
that i have felt, that i have felt
F#m E F F#m E F
send me home restless
F#m E F F#m E F
send me home damaged
F#m E F F#m E F
send me home disposes
F#m E F F#m E F
send me home damaged
F#m Dmaj7 D6 F#m Dmaj7 D6
and wanting