Ballad Of The Soldiers Wife chords by PJ Harvey

Intro:
Bm D Em G
Bm Gm Bm Gm

verse

         Bm          G         Bm    G
What was sent to the soldier's wife
         Bm      G       Bm    G
From the ancient city of prague ?
     F#            D              Bm
From prague came a pair of high heeled shoes
            A                    G
With a kiss or two came the high heeled shoes
          F#                    Bm G Bm G Bm G Bm G
From the ancient city of prague

verse
         Bm          G         Bm    G
What was sent to the soldier's wife
         Bm      G       Bm    G
From oslo over the sound ?
    F#            D              Bm
From oslo There came a collar of fur
            A                    G
How it pleases her, the little collar of fur
          F#            Bm
From oslo over the sound


         D                     A
What was sent to the soldier's wife
         D               A
From the wealth of amsterdam ?
     G     D                 C#m
From amsterdam, he got her a hat
                 B
She looked sweet in that
                    A
In her little dutch hat
         F#              Bm
From the wealth of amsterdam

Instrumental: Bm D Em G Bm G Bm G Bm G Bm G

verse
         Bm          G         Bm    G
What was sent to the soldier's wife
         Bm      G       Bm    G
From brussels in belgian land ?
    F#            D              Bm
From brussels he sent her the laces so rare
            A                    G
To have and to wear, all those laces so rare
      F#                 Bm
From brussels in belgian land

verse
         Bm          G         Bm    G
What was sent to the soldier's wife
         Bm      G       Bm    G
From paris, city of light ?
    F#            D              Bm
From paris he sent her a silken gown
              A            G
It was ended in town, that silken gown
     F#             Bm
From paris, city of light


         D                     A
What was sent to the soldier's wife
         D                A
From the south, from bucharest ?
      G             D        Dbm
From bucharest he got her this shirt
      B                       A
Embroidered and pert, that rumanian shirt
          F#m              Bm
From the south, from bucharest

verse
           Bm          G         Bm    G
What was sent to the soldier's wife
          Bm      G       Bm    G
From the far-off russian land ?
     F#            D              Bm
From russia there came just a widow's veil
             A                    G
For her dead to bewail in her widow's veil
           F#            Bm
From the far-off russian land

outro
Bm D Em Bm
Bm D Em Bm