Summer Soldier chords by Barclay James Harvest

INTRO: E A (x3)


verse 1

    E
I feel sorry for the soldier who is shot and stoned in anger
    A                E
I feel sorry for his wife and child at home
    E
I feel sorry for the bomber who all life and limb dishonors
    A                E
For the people that he's maimed and left alone


     G
The Lord God said, "Love thy neighbor
     A                 E G
Though in human life he trades, he's still a man

verse 2

    E
I feel sorry for the children who with open minds are willing
  A                 E
To fight for ideals aging past their time
    E
I feel sorry for the children who will join the vicious circle
  A                   E
Of instinct fear bred from their parents' minds


     G
The Lord God said, "Love thy neighbor
     A                 E
Break the circle, free the hater, call him a friend
               A    C
Call him a friend, call him a friend


SOLO 1 Em F#7 C

BRIDGE

E             A
Wake up, wake up, there's a man by your side
    E      G      A  F#7
With a knife and a gun in each hand
E            A
Wake up, wake up, you're one and the same
   E    G    A   D
It's time to stop and decide
   E          F#7
Is it love or hate? Is it peace or war
     F      C      C
It's for sure there's no one in between
  E
Politicians point views
      F#7
But they're pointing for you
  F    C     Em
The solution has to be seen
     C        A
Has to be seen, has to be seen

SOLO 2


SOLO 3

E C G F Em
B


verse 3

 Em       D
I thought I saw a summer soldier
C       Em
Helmet on his brow
         D
His silver rifle clutched
      C       Em
Beneath his armour-plated shroud


  G    C    G    C
"I fire in hate" , he cried aloud
    G        Em
"To protect myself from defeat
  G      C   G      C
My shield's my cause, my cause is war
     G         B
And from war I'll make no retreat

SOLO 4 E C G F Em B

verse 4

 E        D
I dreamt, I saw an angel bright
 C      Em
A halo on his brow
           D
His golden sword lay in its sheath
C         Em
Beneath his silver shroud


  G    C   G    C
"I cry thee not" , he cried aloud
       G              Em
"Though your deeds like spears strike my soul
  G    C    G      C
My shield's my love, my cause is peace
     G         B
Faith be sure I shall not retreat


SOLO 4

E C G F Em B

    Repeat and Fade Out.........