The First Soldier Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]
[D][C][G]
[F][Am][D][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]Before the war,
he wanted more
And ran away from [C]home
[G]The[Em] War to End All War[C]s
had called his [D]name

[Verse 2]
Out[G]cast, an unlikely sol[D]dier
Barely [Em]worth his uni[C]form
Emer[Am]ging as a dev[G]il dressed in [D]blue

[Verse 3]
[C]Being the lone sur[D]vivor
At the [Ebdim]trenches [B]in Alsace[Em]
[Am]One [G]man [D]holds [Em]the l[D]ine

[Verse 4]
From the [G]south to the front
to the battlefield
From a farm to a hero of France
Served his country courageous
and fearless
As he [D]halts the [C]Kaiser's ad[G]vance

[Verse 5]
From the [G]south to the front
into no man's land
From a farm to the end of the road
Son of France he is the first
on the frontline
Coming [F]home
Coming [Am]home, let his [D]story be [G]known

[Verse 6]
[G]Glorious, victorious
Protector of the tomb
[Em]Memories of his deed[C]s,
the cross [D]of war

[Verse 7]
He's a [G]decorated sol[D]dier,
he's the [Em]pride of the uni[C]form
[G]Ech[Am]oes from the past h[G]is [C]story told[D]

[Verse 8]
[C]Lined up for execu[D]tion
[B]Saved his captain's [Em]life
[Am]One man [D]holds [Em]the l[D]ine

[Verse 9]
From the [G]south to the front
to the battlefield
From a farm to a hero of France
Served his country courageous
and fearless
As he [D]halts the [C]Kaiser's ad[G]vance

[Verse 10]
From the [G]south to the front
into no man's land
From a farm to the end of the road
Son of France he is the first
on the frontline
Coming [F]home
Coming [Am]home, let his [D]story be [G]known

[Interlude 1]
[G][F][G]
[C][G][F][C][G][F]
[Em][G][Bb][Bbsus4]
[Bb]From

[Verse 11]
[Bbm][F#][Bbm][Bbsus4][Bb][Am][G][Eb]
[Cm][Eb][F][Eb][F#][Ab]
[F#]the [F]sout[D]h to t[G]he front to the battlefield
From a farm to a hero of France
Served his country courageous
and fearless
As he [D]halts the [C]Kaiser's ad[G]vance

[Verse 12]
From the [G]south to the front
into no man's land
From a farm to the end of the road
Son of France he is the first
on the frontline
Coming [F]home
Coming [Am]home
[D]From the

[Verse 13]
[G]south to the front
to the battlefield
From a farm to a hero of France
Served his country courageous
and fearless
As he [D]halts the [Am]Kaiser's adv[G]ance

[Verse 14]
From the [G]south to the front
into no man's land
From a farm to the end of the road
Son of France he is the first
on the frontline
Coming [F]home
Coming [Am]home, let his [D]story be [G]known