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