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Old Forgotten Soldier Chords

Music by: Harry Nilsson
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[Verse 1]
[G]Rea[C]ching for a but[Ebdim]terfly
[Dm]Old soldiers nev[G]er die
And the [C]gun against their [Ebdim]shoulder
Well, it get[Dm]s a little [G]older
[D]And just like that older shoulder
It [G]just gets put away
Well, I'm an old, forgotten soldier
Since they [C]put an [Am]en d[C] to war
[Am]And [G]I like to tell m[Em]y story[G]
But [C]you don't [Am]wanna hear
[G]about the [C]war[Am]
[C]I'm an old, [Bb]forgotten

[Verse 2]
[Am]
campaign [G]her[C]o
[F]Left [Am]without a cau[C]se[F][Ebdim]
[D]Be [Dm]cause,[Faug][Ebdim][D][Am]
[D]they too[G]k away my [Am]wars[G]
[Am]I'm an o[G]ld, forgotten [D]rail[G]road[D]
A [Am]broken, lonely, [C]empty ammo-train
And [F]And my [G]rusty ammunition
[Am]Has been left out in t[G]he rain[C]

[Verse 3]
I'm [C]an old,
[Bb]forgotten [Am]part-time dough dough boy
[F]I tri[Am]ed to sav[C]e the wor[F]ld[Ebdim]
[D]The world was round
We fired around
[G]Heard all [Am]around [Bb]the world[G][Em]
[G][Dm]

[Interlude 1]
[G][C][Am][C][G][C]

[Verse 4]
I'm an old, forgot[Bb]ten [Am]campaign h[G]ero
[F]Left [Am]without a cau[Dm]se[F][Ebdim]
[D]Because
[Ebdim]They[Am][D][Am]
[G]took away [Am]my wars[G]
But I'm an old, [Em]forgotten [G]railroad
A [C]deserted, lonely ammo-train
And And my [G]rusty
[Em]Ammunition
[G]Has been lef[C]t out[Am] in t[C]he[G] rain[C]

[Outro 1]
[Bb][Am][C][F][Am][Dm]
[F][Ebdim][D][Dm][D][G][Am][Bb][G][G][C]
[C][Em]
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