Biography:
Capercaillie is a folk band founded in Oban, Scotland in the 1980s by Donald Shaw and fronted by Karen Matheson. They recorded their first album, Cascade, in 1984. Their 1992 EP Coisich, a Rùin was the first ever Scottish Gaelic language record to reach the UK Top 40 singles chart. They have also pioneered the integration of divergent styles, including some electronics and African rhythms, into their music, though it is still primarily Scottish folk music.
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Other songs:
- At The Heart Of It All
- Beautiful Wasteland
- Black Fields
- Both Sides The Tweed
- Dont You Go
- Fishermans Dream
- Four Stone Walls
- Gods Alibi
- Grace And Pride
- Heart Of The Highland
- I Will Set My Ship In Order
- Little Do They Know
- Soldier Boy
- Stinging Rain
- The Crooked Mountain
- The Price Of Fire
- Waiting For The Wheel To Turn
- Who Will Raise Their Voice
- You
- You Will Rise Again
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Capercaillie - Soldier Boy
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
F C Dm7 C
Marching once again under a myriad of stars
F C Dm7 Am
Young men to the cause where all is fair in love and war
F C Dm7 C
But rules are rules, and no mercy can be shown
F C Dm7 C
In the fields of the departed, where history is born
[Verse 2]
F C Dm7 C
In all the lines and prose of war and its ways
F C Dm7 Am
The words that speak the loudest are the ones that you would never say
F C Dm7 C
From Arras to the Somme and the hell of Passchendaele
F C Dm7 C
For ninety years and counting, since you told your bloody tale
[Chorus]
F G Am F
Hey, soldier boy, is your conscience clear?
C F
Is your mind on the road from hell and back
G F
To the one you love so dear?
G Am
I know you live in constant fear
F C Dm7 C
And that's just the way the world seems through roses and tears
[Interlude]
C F C F Am C F G/B C G
[Verse 3]
F C Dm7 C
When the battle cries no more, and the martyr's work is done
F C Dm7 Am
Did the voices in your head tell you to walk along the pathway
F C Dm7 C
Of the righteous and the good, and leave it all behind
F C Dm7 C
In the fields of the departed with the remnants of your mind?
[Chorus]
F G Am F
Hey, soldier boy, is your conscience clear?
C F
Is your mind on the road from hell and back
G F
To the one you love so dear?
G Am
I know you live in constant fear
F C Dm7 Am F
And that's just the way the world seems through roses and tears
Am F
Through roses and tears
Dm7 F
Through roses and tears
Dm7 D
Roses and tears
[Instrumental]
C F C F C F C G (2x)
[Verse 4]
F C Dm7 C
So saddle up the horses and tighten up the reins
F C Dm7 Am
Face the bitter winds of tyranny and shame
F C Dm7 C
We blind ourselves with grace and favours of the heart
F C Dm7 C
So our minds can hide away in the darkness of our past
[Chorus]
F G Am F
So, hey, soldier boy, is your conscience clear?
C F
Is your mind on the road from hell and back
G F
To the one you love so dear?
G Am
I know you live in constant fear
F C Dm7 C
And that's just the way the world seems through roses and tears
[Chorus]
F G Am F
Hey, soldier boy, is your conscience clear?
C F
Is your mind on the road from hell and back
G F
To the one you love so dear?
G Am
I know you live in constant fear
F C Dm7 Am
And that's just the way the world seems through roses and tears
[Outro]
C F C F C F C G
C F C F C F C G
Roses and tears
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
F C Dm7 C
Marching once again under a myriad of stars
F C Dm7 Am
Young men to the cause where all is fair in love and war
F C Dm7 C
But rules are rules, and no mercy can be shown
F C Dm7 C
In the fields of the departed, where history is born
[Verse 2]
F C Dm7 C
In all the lines and prose of war and its ways
F C Dm7 Am
The words that speak the loudest are the ones that you would never say
F C Dm7 C
From Arras to the Somme and the hell of Passchendaele
F C Dm7 C
For ninety years and counting, since you told your bloody tale
[Chorus]
F G Am F
Hey, soldier boy, is your conscience clear?
C F
Is your mind on the road from hell and back
G F
To the one you love so dear?
G Am
I know you live in constant fear
F C Dm7 C
And that's just the way the world seems through roses and tears
[Interlude]
C F C F Am C F G/B C G
[Verse 3]
F C Dm7 C
When the battle cries no more, and the martyr's work is done
F C Dm7 Am
Did the voices in your head tell you to walk along the pathway
F C Dm7 C
Of the righteous and the good, and leave it all behind
F C Dm7 C
In the fields of the departed with the remnants of your mind?
[Chorus]
F G Am F
Hey, soldier boy, is your conscience clear?
C F
Is your mind on the road from hell and back
G F
To the one you love so dear?
G Am
I know you live in constant fear
F C Dm7 Am F
And that's just the way the world seems through roses and tears
Am F
Through roses and tears
Dm7 F
Through roses and tears
Dm7 D
Roses and tears
[Instrumental]
C F C F C F C G (2x)
[Verse 4]
F C Dm7 C
So saddle up the horses and tighten up the reins
F C Dm7 Am
Face the bitter winds of tyranny and shame
F C Dm7 C
We blind ourselves with grace and favours of the heart
F C Dm7 C
So our minds can hide away in the darkness of our past
[Chorus]
F G Am F
So, hey, soldier boy, is your conscience clear?
C F
Is your mind on the road from hell and back
G F
To the one you love so dear?
G Am
I know you live in constant fear
F C Dm7 C
And that's just the way the world seems through roses and tears
[Chorus]
F G Am F
Hey, soldier boy, is your conscience clear?
C F
Is your mind on the road from hell and back
G F
To the one you love so dear?
G Am
I know you live in constant fear
F C Dm7 Am
And that's just the way the world seems through roses and tears
[Outro]
C F C F C F C G
C F C F C F C G
Roses and tears
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