Rest of the song I play normally, i.e. Em is 022000
GG/FCGG/FC
You want her to try new things. She reminds you she wears your ring.
GG/FCGG/FC
And after a couple o’ drinks, she's a little scared of you.
GG/FCGG/FC
A good friend is hard to find. You wish you could spend more time
GG/FCGG/FC
towing civilian lines, but they're all scared of you.
EmEm/F#G
It's not the time that makes it go bad
EmEm/F#G
It's not the thought of what you could've had
EmEm/F#G
It's not the way that her figure has changed
GG/FC (hold)
It's just that a soldier gets strange
You know she's a real good girl. She reminds you that every curl
that whips in the wind of the world, is watched by the eyes of God.
But lately your mane's gone white. You itch in your veins in the night.
Before you 'came home alright' you wielded the lightning rod.
It ain't the time that makes it go South
It ain't the liquor that burns in your mouth
Nearly nothing around here's changed
It's just that a soldier gets strange
CEm
She turns off the lights so you can't see her body
CEm
You can't make her fight when you know that you're wrong
CEm
They call you a hero, so many still fighting
GG/FC (hold)
This ain't where you belong
Instrumental: GG/FC x3
Maybe you'll re-enlist. It couldn't be worse than this.
But think of the things you'll miss, if you're inside the wire again
It's not the dreams that keep you up late
It's not the world you saw incinerate
It's not the way that her figure has changed
It's just that a soldier gets strange
GG/FC (hold)
Most of all you got strange
Intro chords just like the start