Poor Old Soldier Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays388

Poor Old Soldier by Steeleye Span is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, Bm, G, Em, Em7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
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Intro A D 

Verse 
                 A             Bm         G 
Oh, you poor old soldier, what will you become 
             A           D               G            A 
When there's no one left marching to the beat of your drum? 
    Em             A                          D 
You fought all the battles and survived every one 
    G             Em7       A 
Old soldier march on, march on 

Verse 
         D            A           Bm            G 
Will you join all the wounded old soldiers like you 
      A            D          G            A 
And reflect on the glory like old soldiers do? 
             Em           A                        D 
But will you tell of your comrades as they tell of you? 
    G             A         D 
Old soldier march on, march on 

Bridge 
         G           Em7         A 
Will you relive each battle with toy tin soldiers 
        D              C          G 
So that those who were lost can survive? 
         A               D          A          D 
Will you still see those eyes under dark smoky skies? 
         Em7                    A 
All your comrades who kept you alive 

Verse 
        D        A             Bm         G 
Oh, you poor old soldier, what will you become 
             A           D               G            A 
When there's no one left marching to the beat of your drum? 
         Em            A                            D 
Will the band still be playing as you lay down your gun? 
    G             A         Bm 
Old soldier march on, march on 
    G             A         D 
Old soldier march on, march on 
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante