Peter McPoland – A Lousy Soldier (Guitar)

Capo 5

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Chords

************************************************* I figured out the chords off his Tik Tok. He played it with a capo on 2nd there. Strumming is simmilar to Adrianne Lenker's Sadness as a gift. Pluck just the 6th string(for G, G/F#, Em chords) or the 5th string (for C, C/B, Am chords) Then strum Up, Down, Up with your pointer. Go Watch the Marin Music Center's tutorial on Sadness as a Gift for a FAR better explaination! ************************************************* [Verse 1]

        G        G/F#  Em
Ma, you raised a lousy soldier

  C      C/B     Am
I cannot stomach fighting

   G        G/F#    Em
My sword is made of rubber

      C           C/B    Am
In my sheath with velvet lining

      G    G/F#      Em
And I walk beside my captain

   C        C/B    Am
We look out on the hillside

   G         G/F#  Em
He wears his armor loosely

       C         C/B    Am
But he holds his rapier tightly

[Chorus]

D7
Ooh-oh

  G          G/F#   Em
I wish I was born a cannon (Canon)

  C          C/B    Am
I wish I was born a gun (Or a gun)

    G       G/F#    Em
I'd load it with an answer

        C      C/B    Am
And I'd aim it at the sun (At the sun)

  G          G/F#    Em
I wish I was born an angel (Angel)

  C          C/B      Am
I wish I was born the dawn (At the dawn)

    G       G/F#     Em
I'd fly out over the new world

        C        C/B     Am
And I'd bring my message home

[Verse 2]

      G        G/F#  Em
Ma, I picked a pansy flower

  C          C/B   Am
I pressed it in my bible (My bible)

  G          G/F#     Em
I wish you'd raised a coward

  C       C/B Am
Instead of a disciple (Disciple)

    G      G/F#  Em
The medals on my collar

     C     C/B  Am
Hang heavy as a boulder (As a boulder)

    G     G/F#  Em
And if it is, I fall here

  C           C/B   Am
Remember your lousy soldier

[Chorus]

D7
Ooh-oh

  G          G/F#   Em
I wish I was born a cannon (Canon)

  C          C/B    Am
I wish I was born a gun (Or a gun)

    G       G/F#    Em
I'd load it with an answer

        C      C/B    Am
And I'd aim it at the sun (At the sun)

  G          G/F#    Em
I wish I was born an angel (Angel)

  C          C/B      Am
I wish I was born the dawn (At the dawn)

    G       G/F#     Em
I'd fly out over the new world

        C        C/B     Am
And I'd bring my message home

[Outro]
      G        G/F#  Em
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do Do-do

C        C/B      Am
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do

 G        G/F#  Em
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do Do-do

C      C/B     Am
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do

 G        G/F#  Em
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do Do-do

C      C/B     Am
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do