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