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