Chords with lyrics
Key: E MajorE
Intro:
E MajorE
E MajorE
I was reaching for the future
E MajorE
Slowly floating in the blue
A7A7
When I was a boy
F# minorF#m E MajorE
I dreamed a dream of you
E MajorE
I danced upon the tree-top
E MajorE
I drifted with the stream
E/A Aadd9Aadd9
When I was a child
F# minorF#m E MajorE
I held you in my dreams
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Oh Oh
A augmentedA F# minorF#m E MajorE
Oh Oh
C6C6 E MajorE F# minorF#m BB
Oh
Chorus:
A minorAm Am/GAm/G FF
Once I was a soldier
DmDm A minorAm
In my castle strong
F7F7
Oh
I stood so tall then
A minorAm
I could do no wrong
F7F7
Innocence and slumber
D5D5
When I was a boy
E MajorE
I was walking with a stranger
E MajorE
He left without a trace
E/C# A augmentedA
When I was a boy
F#F# E MajorE
I slept at heaven's gate
A minorAm Am/GAm/G FF
Once I was a soldier
DmDm A minorAm
In my castle strong
F7F7
Oh
I stood so tall then
A minorAm
I could do no wrong
F7F7
Innocence and slumber
D5D5
When I was a boy
E7E7 x 4
A augmentedA F#F# E MajorE
Instrumental:
(repeat chorus chords)
A minorAm Am/GAm/G FF
DmDm A minorAm
F7F7
A minorAm
F7F7
D5D5
A minorAm Am/GAm/G FF
Once I was a soldier
DmDm A minorAm
In my castle strong
F7F7
Oh
I stood so tall then
A minorAm
I could do no wrong
F7F7
Innocence and slumber
E MajorE C majorC E MajorE C7C7 F#F#
When I was, when I was, when I was, oh oh oh oh, ooh yeah
A minorAm Am/GAm/G FF
Once I was a soldier
DmDm A minorAm
In my castle strong
F7F7
Oh
I stood so tall then
A minorAm
I could do no wrong
F7F7
Innocence and slumber
Eadd9Eadd9 E MajorE repeat
Outro: