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