Soldier On chords by The Temper Trap

Chords with lyrics

The Temper Trap - Soldier On

Chords by Simon Kelly

The first version of the song works perfectly but I like hearing the bass and treble slide up and down and I
think this version captures that better.
Lots of nice lovely bar chords though, so prepare to have thumb aches, maybe avoid if you're very new

No Capo
Standard Tuning

        E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB e
B minorBm       7 9 9 7 7 7
D MajorD        x 5 7 7 7 5
F# minorF#m       2 4 4 2 2 2
G+G        3 5 5 4 3 3
E minorEm       0 2 2 0 0 0
FF        1 3 3 2 1 1
A augmentedA        5 7 7 6 5 5

Where you see "G F# minorF#m Em" below, it means that you hit the middle chord only once while transitioning.

Intro
B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G x2


Verse 1
B minorBm         D MajorD
Who wants to know
F# minorF#m         G+G
All that is gold is rusting
B minorBm        D MajorD
No one will know
F# minorF#m          G+G
When seasons cease to change and
B minorBm       D MajorD
How far we've gone
F# minorF#m         G+G
How far we're going
B minorBm
It's the here and the now
D MajorD
And the love for the sound
F# minorF#m             G+G    B minorBm
Of the moments that keep us moving


Verse 2
        D MajorD
Waves crash along
F# minorF#m         G+G
The battered, lonely lighthouse
B minorBm          D MajorD
Tomorrow she's gone
F# minorF#m         G+G
And if not, someday somehow
B minorBm D MajorD   F# minorF#m   G+G
Are these hands a waste
B minorBm        D MajorD
Well this side of mortality is
F# minorF#m      G+G
Scaring me to death
 G+G F# minorF#m E minorEm   E minorEm FF F# minorF#m
To death

F# minorF#m FF E minorEm

Chorus
           E minorEm FF F# minorF#m F# minorF#m FF E minorEm
Don't think about it at all
       E minorEm FF F# minorF#m
Just keep your head low
G+G            A augmentedA
And don't think about it all


B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G x2 (over the ooohhhs)


Verse 3
B minorBm     D MajorD
Soldier on, soldier on
F# minorF#m       G+G
Keep your heart close to the ground
B minorBm     D MajorD
Soldier on, soldier on,
F# minorF#m       G+G    G+G F# minorF#m E minorEm  E minorEm FF F# minorF#m  F# minorF#m FF E minorEm
keep your heart close to the ground


Chorus
           E minorEm FF F# minorF#m F# minorF#m FF E minorEm
Don't think about it at all
       E minorEm FF F# minorF#m
Just keep your head low
G+G
Don't think about it
  A augmentedA
At all


(Now would be a good time to use a drive pedal on low if you have one, or crank your gain a little bit.
The rest of the song is a little heavier)


Verse 4

B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G

B minorBm D MajorD     F# minorF#m   G+G
Yeah, will you take me tonight
B minorBm D MajorD     F# minorF#m   G+G    B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G
Yeah, will you take me tonight
B minorBm D MajorD     F# minorF#m   G+G
Yeah, will you take me tonight
G+G     B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G
Ooooh... tonight

B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G x5 (you can play around between picking and stumming to get the adlib feel of the song)


Verse 5 (Strum each chord once)
B minorBm
Soldier on
D MajorD
Soldier on
F# minorF#m
Keep your heart
G+G

Other versions of Soldier On

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Soldier on (Ver. 2) by The Temper Trap