The First Soldier chords by Sabaton

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: BB

🤘 Intro:

B5B5 B5

B5B5 B5 F#F# E5E5 B5B5
B5 B5B5 A augmentedA C#5C#5 F#F# B5B5


🤘 Verse 1:
 B5B5
Before the war, he wanted more

And ran away from home
  G# minorG#m      E5E5         F#F#
The War to End All Wars had called his name
  B5B5        F#F#
Outcast, an unlikely soldier
    G# minorG#m     E5E5 D#5D#5
Barely worth his uniform
 C#5C#5     B5B5       F#F#
Emerging as a devil dressed in blue

🤘 Pre-Chorus:
E5E5        F#F#
Being the lone survivor
    D#5D#5     G# minorG#m
At the trenches in Alsace
C#5C#5 D#5D#5 A#5A#5  B5B5 F#5F#5
One man holds the line

🤘 Chorus:
     B5B5
From the south to the front to the battlefield

From a farm to a hero of France
      B5B5
Served his country courageous and fearless
   F#F#    E5E5     B5B5
As he halts the Kaiser’s advance
     B5B5
From the south to the front into no man’s land

From a farm to the end of the road
    B5B5
Son of France he is the first on the frontline
    A augmentedA
Coming home!
    C#5C#5      F#F#    B5B5
Coming home, let his story be known

🤘 Verse 2:
B5B5
Glorious, victorious

Protector of the tomb
G# minorG#m       E5E5        F#F#
Memories of his deeds, the cross of war
     B5B5    F#F#
He’s a decorated soldier
G# minorG#m       E5E5 D#5D#5
He’s the pride of the uniform
 C#5C#5      B5B5     F#F#
Echoes from the past his story told

🤘 Pre-Chorus:
E5E5       F#F#
Lined up for execution
 D#5D#5        G# minorG#m
Saved his captain’s life
C#5C#5 D#5D#5 A#5A#5  B5B5 F#5F#5
One man holds the line!

🤘 Chorus:
     B5B5
From the south to the front to the battlefield

From a farm to a hero of France
      B5B5
Served his country courageous and fearless
   F#F#    E5E5     B5B5
As he halts the Kaiser’s advance
     B5B5
From the south to the front into no man’s land

From a farm to the end of the road
    B5B5
Son of France he is the first on the frontline
    A augmentedA
Coming home!
    C#5C#5      F#F#    B5B5
Coming home, let his story be known

🤘 Solo:
B5B5 B5 B5B5 A augmentedA E5E5 B5B5
B5 A augmentedA G# minorG#m A augmentedA E5E5 B5B5

D5D5 D5 D5D5 E5E5 F5F5 G+G
D5D5 C#5C#5 B5B5 G+G F#F#
E minorEm D5D5 C#5C#5 E5E5 A augmentedA

G+G Bb majorBb C5C5 D5D5 C#5C#5 B5B5 A augmentedA
F#F# E5E5

🤘 Chorus:
     B5B5
From the south to the front to the battlefield

From a farm to a hero of France
      B5B5
Served his country courageous and fearless
   F#F#    E5E5     B5B5
As he halts the Kaiser’s advance
     B5B5
From the south to the front into no man’s land

From a farm to the end of the road
    B5B5
Son of France he is the first on the frontline
    A augmentedA
Coming home!
    C#5C#5 F#F#
Coming home
     B5B5
From the south to the front to the battlefield

From a farm to a hero of France
      B5B5
Served his country courageous and fearless
   F#F#    E5E5     B5B5
As he halts the Kaiser’s advance
     B5B5
From the south to the front into no man’s land

From a farm to the end of the road
    B5B5
Son of France he is the first on the frontline
    A augmentedA
Coming home!
    C#5C#5      F#F#    B5B5
Coming home, let his story be known