Tuning Standard
Capo 4th fret
(Acoustic version)
[Riff]
D#m F# C# G# x2
[Verse 1]
F#/C
A# young man with a young soul
G# F#
All days he's squeezed to dead
F#/C
He doesn't know what he wants
G# F#
He just does what he's told
[Pre-Chorus]
D#m Fm A#m Fm
Break his rights and his decisions
D#m Fm F#
Break his bones and twist his mind
[Chorus]
G# A#m
Waste away
Fm
He's just a soldier
C#
Of the high-class folks
G# A#m
Waste away
Fm
He's just a puppet
C#
On a play
[Riff]
D#m F# C# G# x2
[Verse 2]
F#/C
He feels lost like a kid that
G# F#
His parents ran away
F#/C
And no one would help him now
G# F#
Cause he is all alone
[Pre-Chorus]
D#m Fm A#m Fm
Break his rights and his decisions
D#m Fm F#
Break his bones and twist his mind
[Chorus]
G# A#m
Waste away
Fm
He's just a soldier
C#
Of the high-class folks
G# A#m
Waste away
Fm
He's just a puppet
C#
On a play
[Bridge]
D#m
Ahh!!!
F# Fm D#m
He thinks that he's right
F# Fm D#m
But he's just a little dime
F# Fm D#m Fm
Without grace or pride
[Solo]
A#m Fm C
A#m Fm C
D#m
[Chorus]
G# A#m
Waste away
Fm
He's just a soldier
C#
Of the high-class folks
G# A#m
Waste away
Fm
He's just a puppet
C#
On a play
[Outro]
C#
Hey!
C#
Hey!