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