Ballad Of The Soldiers Wife by Pj Harvey, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Ballad Of The Soldiers Wife

Biography:

PJ Harvey is an abbreviation of singer-songwriter Polly Jean Harvey (b. 9 Oct 1969 in Yeovil and raised in nearby Corscombe, Dorset, England) and a name of two acts. First was a Harvey-led trio, formed in 1991 with Rob Ellis (drums) and Steve Vaughan (bass), which débuted with Dry (Mar 1992). Overlapping with the trio, Harvey reused the name for solo work, inaugurated by 4-Track Demos (Oct 1993). The trio broke up in 1995 and Harvey continued solo

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[intro]
Bm D Em G
Bm Gm Bm Gm

[verse]
Bm G Bm G
What was sent to the soldier's wife
Bm G Bm G
From the ancient city of prague ?
F# D Bm
From prague came a pair of high heeled shoes
A G
With a kiss or two came the high heeled shoes
F#7 Bm G Bm G Bm G Bm G
From the ancient city of prague

[verse]
Bm G Bm G
What was sent to the soldier's wife
Bm G Bm G
From oslo over the sound ?
F# D Bm
From oslo There came a collar of fur
A G
How it pleases her, the little collar of fur
F#7 Bm
From oslo over the sound

[chorus]
G C# D
What was sent to the soldier's wife
G D
From the wealth of amsterdam ?
Bm F#m
From amsterdam, he got her a hat
Bm
She looked sweet in that
A
In her little dutch hat
F#7 Bm
From the wealth of amsterdam

[instrumental]
Bm D Em G Bm G Bm G Bm G Bm G

[verse]
Bm G Bm G
What was sent to the soldier's wife
Bm G Bm G
From brussels in belgian land ?
F# D Bm
From brussels he sent her the laces so rare
A G
To have and to wear, all those laces so rare
F#7 Bm
From brussels in belgian land

[verse]
Bm G Bm G
What was sent to the soldier's wife
Bm G Bm G
From paris, city of light ?
F# D Bm
From paris he sent her a silken gown
A G
It was ended in town, that silken gown
F#7 Bm
From paris, city of light

[chorus]
G C# D
What was sent to the soldier's wife
G D
From the south, from bucharest ?
Bm F#m
From bucharest he got her this shirt
Bm A
Embroidered and pert, that rumanian shirt
F#7 Bm
From the south, from bucharest

[verse]
Bm G Bm G
What was sent to the soldier's wife
Bm G Bm G
From the far-off russian land ?
F# D Bm
From russia there came just a widow's veil
A G
For her dead to bewail in her widow's veil
F#7 Bm
From the far-off russian land

[outro]
Bm D Em Bm
Bm D Em Bm