Misc Originals – Bella Qim - A Child Left In The Forest (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
Em D Em A child was sent into a forest Em D Em and told he could hold a gun Em D Em how to shoot and become his best Em Am Em and how to kill for fun
[Verse 2]
Em D Em the thickness of the green Em D Em run down with sulfur smoke Em D Em but the child's eyes were keen Em Am Em for fear of enemy choke
[Chorus]
G D Am D Mother, I've played your soldier boy G D Em but please can you stop this pain G D G D can you spare me the cure dear uncle G D Em the promise you made in the rain?
[Verse 3]
Em D Em A giant nightmare stretched Em D Em cause days don't count no more Em D Em the stories are too far fetched G Am Em cause at home there's no such war
[Verse 4]
Em D so he returned from the unnamed hill Em D they call him now a man Em D but he closes his eyes to chills Em Am Em (cause) no more a gun in his hand
[Verse 5]
G D Em D no more son, you can't kill G D Em D the hill is gone, really what hill? G D Em D you were never there, you never did kill G Am Em here- get a shrink; send me the bill-
[Verse 6]
G D Em D so I'm a man now they say G D Em D I'm so lost, am I really? G D Em D who said make a stand by taking down another man G D Em in a foreign land, eyes steeled, blood so chilly
[Chorus]
G D Am D Mother, I've played your soldier boy G D Em but please can you stop this pain G D G D can you spare me the cure dear uncle G D Em the promise you made in the rain?
[Verse 7]
Em D Em so tired of all the scripted news Em D Em so tired of all the inside jokes Em D Em the child has blown his final fuse Em Am Em then lost his will to hoax
[Verse 8]
Em D commend me for all my glory Em D and seize the mind I've left Em D long died in the fury Em Am Em are all the tears I've wept
[Verse 9]
Em D the last companion's gone Em D to a place not here, for more Em D to light a brand new dawn Em Am Em far away from this blackened shore
[Chorus]
G D Am D Mother, I've played your soldier boy G D Em but please can you stop this pain G D G D can you spare me the cure dear uncle G D Em the promise you made in the rain? G D Am D Mother I've played your soldier boy G D Em but I lost the life to be gained G D G D can you spare me the cure dear uncle G D Em I lost what could've been gained
[to end]
||: G D Am D
G D Em:|| Can you stop this pain...
I lost life that could've been gained...
please stop this pain...