Em                           D
Do I hear what I think I'm hearing?
Em                          D
Do I see the signs I think I see?
Am                   Em
Or is this just fantasy?
Em                             D
Is it true that the beast is waking
Em                              D
Stirring in his restless sleep tonight
 Am                Em
In the pale moonlight?
Em                         D
In the grip of this cold December
Em                       D
You and I have reason to remember.
Refrao :
G
Soldiers write the songs
Em
That soldiers sing
             C                 G
The songs that you and I don't sing

They blow their horns
  Em
And march along
G
They drum their drums
         Em
And look so strong
G
You'd think that nothing
            Em       D
In the world was wrong
G
Soldiers write the songs
Em
That soldiers sing
  C                       G
The songs that you and I won't sing
Em                     D
Let's not look the other way
              G
Taking a chance
Em                               D
 'Cause if the bugler starts to play
               G
We too must dance.
B|------9~---7~----5~-------------.

What's that sound?
             D
What's that dreadful rumble?
Em                            D
Won't somebody tell me what I hear
           Am                Em
In the distance but drawing near?
Em                        D
Is it only a storm approaching
Em                                 D
All that thunder and the blinding light
Am                Em
In the winter night?
Em                          D
In  the grip of this cold december
Em                        D
You and I have reason to remember
Refrao:
G
Soldiers write the songs
Em
That soldiers sing
C                          D
The songs that you and I don't sing
         Em
And look so strong
G
You'd think that nothing
            Em        D
In the world was wrong
G
Soldiers write the songs
G
Soldiers write the songs
Em
That soldiers sing
  C                          G
The songs that you and I won't sing
Em                       D
Let's not look the other way
                G
Taking a chance
Em                              D
 'Cause if the bugler starts to play
              G
We too must dance.