Phil Ochs - Song Of A Soldier Chords

[Verse 1]
G
And the flag draped coffins are a sailin' home
        Am                        D7
And the waves are watching as the engine drones
       Bm         G          C         Am
As the ship draws near, hear the bugle moan
    G   Em  Am     D7        G
The sad and silent song of a soldier
 
[Verse 2]
G
With a hero's greeting we will welcome him
        Am                        D7
With hero's speeches we will honor him
       Bm         G          C         Am
With a hero's ending we will bury him
           G   Em  Am     D7        G
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier
 
[Verse 3]
G
And comfort his family with a telegram
        Am                        D7
We regret to inform you we have lost a man
       Bm                 G       C         Am
But we gave him the highest medal of the land
           G   Em  Am     D7        G
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier
 
[Verse 4]
G
We know what an awful price he had to pay
        Am                        D7
But the enemy was contained for another day
       Bm         G                    C                 Am
We trained him well, but he would have wanted it that way
           G   Em  Am     D7        G
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier
 
[Verse 5]
G
Oh, the weary wounded they wait by his side
        Am                        D7
Wondering why they hadn't also died
       Bm         G          C         Am
The picture of victory on it's pride
           G   Em  Am     D7        G
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier
 
[Verse 6]
G
And the flag is at half mast wet with foreign rain
        Am                        D7
Ignored by the stranger he had helped to train
       Bm         G          C         Am
To him it was his duty to them a game
           G   Em  Am     D7        G
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier
 
[Verse 7]
G
At Arlington he's lowered down without a pause
        Am                        D7
And his native land welcomes him with open jaws
        Bm        G            C         Am
And the tombstone reads such a noble cause
           G   Em  Am     D7        G
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier
 
[Verse 8]
G
Now a moment of silence for the broken man
        Am                        D7
While the president proudly crows "we'll never bend"
       Bm         G                    C         Am
And cheers their replacements marching off again
           G   Em  Am     D7        G
That's the sad and silent song of a soldier
 
[Verse 9]
G
And the flag draped coffins are a sailin' home
        Am                        D7
And the waves are a watchin' as the engines drone
       Bm         G              C         Am
As the ship draws near, hear the bugle moan
    G   Em  Am     D7        G
The sad and silent song of a soldier