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