Chords with lyrics
🎸 Intro:
C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G G+G
🎸 Verse 1:
C/GC/G
I am a Soldier
G+G C/GC/G
But I never had a gun
Fmaj7Fmaj7
I carry songs upon my shoulders
G+G C/GC/G
hopin' we shall overcome
C/GC/G
But on this road
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
I'm not the only one
Am/E G+G C/GC/G
Who's followin' the thunder of the drum
C/GC/G
And I'm not rich
G+G C/GC/G
But I have more than I need
Fmaj7Fmaj7
in the middle of this battlefield
G+G C/GC/G
of money driven greed
C/GC/G
And the line's gettin' thinner now
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
between right and wrong
Am/E G+G C/GC/G
You lift your voice
I'll beat the drum
🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm
Across the valleys
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C/GC/G
and up through these hills
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C/GC/G G+G
There's a feelin' all over this land
E minorEm
If we stand and rise together
Fmaj7Fmaj7
There's change within our power
C/GC/G G+G
I am preachin' to the choir
Am/E Fmaj7Fmaj7
to sing it louder
C/GC/G G+G
I am preachin' to the choir
C/GC/G
to sing it louder
🎸 Verse 2:
G+G C/GC/G
Let's sing for the living
G+G C/GC/G
upon the land and in the sea
Fmaj7Fmaj7
Let's sing out for justice
G+G C/GC/G
Let's sing what we believe
C/GC/G
And as the world spins round and round
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
may we one by one
Am/E G+G C/GC/G
all join hands and beat the drum
🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm
Across the valleys
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C/GC/G
and up through these hills
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C/GC/G G+G
There's a feelin' all over this land
E minorEm
If we stand and rise together
Fmaj7Fmaj7
There's change within our power
C/GC/G G+G
I am preachin' to the choir
Am/E Fmaj7Fmaj7
to sing it louder
C/GC/G G+G
I am preachin' to the choir
C/GC/G
to sing it louder
🎸 Bridge:
Am/E
So raise your voices now
Fmaj7Fmaj7
we can make this work
C/GC/G
through the eye of the storm
G+G
we shall be heard
🎸 Verse 3:
C/GC/G
There's an echo in the distance
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C/GC/G
that's played before
Am/E
More suffering and hardship
G+G C/GC/G
more cruelty and war
C/GC/G
But before we stop and rest
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
We must pass it on
Am/E
For the young to march
G+G C/GC/G
and beat the drum
🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm
Across the valleys
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C/GC/G
and up through these hills
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C/GC/G G+G
There's a feelin' all over this land
E minorEm
If we stand and rise together
Fmaj7Fmaj7
There's change within our power
C/GC/G G+G
I am preachin' to the choir
Am/E Fmaj7Fmaj7
to sing it louder
C/GC/G G+G
I am preachin' to the choir
Am/E Fmaj7Fmaj7
to sing it louder
🎸 Outro:
C/GC/G G+G
I am preachin' to the choir
C/GC/G
to sing it louder