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