Soldier Blue chords by Buffy Sainte-Marie

• Difficulty: Advanced

Key: Bb

🎸 Verse :

Bb     Eb/Bb     Bb
I look out and I see a land
Eb/Bb     Bb    Eb/Bb     B      C#m B/D#
Young and lovely hard and strong
E         B              E                B
For fifty thousand years we’ve danced her praises
F
Prayed our thanks and we’ve just begun



🎸 Chorus:

Bb   F/A     Gm Bb/F
This this is my country
Eb        Bb/D        Cm       F
Young and growing and free and flowing
       Bb  F/A         Gm Bb/F
Sea to sea yes this is my country
Eb       Bb/D    Cm          F              Bb
Ripe and bearing miracles in every pond and tree
    F/A              Gm   Bb/F
Her spirit walks the high country
       Eb        Bb/D
Giving free wild samples
    Cm           F            Bb
And setting an example how to give
F/A         Gm Bb/F
Yes this is my country
Eb           Bb/D    Cm          F               Db
retching and turning like a baby learning how to live


🎸 Bridge:

                   Ab
I can stand upon a hill at dawn
E           B      E           B
Look all around me feel her surround me
        D                               A
Soldier blue can’t you see her life has just begun
     F          C      Eb               F
It´s beating inside us telling us she’s here to guide us
Bb      F/A          Gm Bb/F
Soldier blue soldier blue
          Eb       Bb/D     Cm     Bb     F
Can’t you see that there’s another way to love her


🎸 Chorus 2:

Bb

F/A         Gm Bb/F
Yes this is my country
Eb            Bb/D        Cm              F
I sprang from her and I’m learning how to count upon her
Bb   F/A                   Gm Bb/F
Tall trees and the corn is my country
  Eb      Bb/D             Cm              F
I guess I love her and I’m learning how to take care of her


🎸 Bridge 2:

Db                    Ab
When the news stories get me down
E        B        E          B
I take a drink of freedom to think of
D               A
My America from toe to crown
F          C           Eb              F
It's never long before I know just why I belong here


Coda:

Bb          F/A          Gm Bb/F
Ooh soldier blue soldier blue
          Eb       Bb/D     Cm       Bb   F
Can't you see that there's another way to love her
        Bb F/A       Gm Bb/F
Soldier blue soldier blue
          Eb       Bb/D     Cm       Bb   F
Can't you see that there's another way to love her
        Bb F/A       Gm Bb/F
Soldier blue soldier blue
          Eb       Bb/D     Cm       Bb   F
Can't you see that there's another way to love her