E
There's a stranger on the road tonight
D
On the way to Soldierstown
E
A stranger with his coat pulled tight
G                       A
And his collar buttoned down
E
A stranger every sinner knows
D
A seasoned man of war
G
Marching to the fires of hell
A 
Scarred by the cannon's roar

[RIff 1]
E|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------|
B|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------|
G|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------7---|
D|-------4h5h7-7-7-|-5p4h5p4---4---------|-------4h5h7-7-7-|-7/9-9-9---9-|
A|-7-7-7-----------|--------7---h7p5-----|-7-7-7-----------|-------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------7-7-|-----------------|-------------|

E|--------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------|
B|--------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------|
G|-----------11h12h14-14-14-|-12p11h12p11----11-------------|---------------------------|-------------|
D|-/14-14-14----------------|-------------14----14p12-------|---------------------------|---------5---|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------14-14-|-12\10/12-12--10\9/10-10-9-|-------5---7-|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|-12\-7-------|

[Verse] 
E|--------------Sw| ung------------|
 E5       E5   D5   E5       G5 A5    E5      E5  D5     C5                D5
E|-------|----------|--------|--------|-------|---------|-----------------|---------------|
B|-------|----------|--------|--------|-------|---------|-----------------|---------------|
G|-------|----------|--------|--------|-------|---------|-----------------|---------------|
D|-9-9\--|-9-9---7--|-9-9\---|--------|-9-9\--|-9-9--7--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-7-7\--|-7-7---5--|-7-7\---|-5--7---|-7-7\--|-7-7--5--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-------|----------|--------|-3--5---|-------|---------|-----------------|---------------|

[Chorus]
G
There is no choice, no compromise
E
Give up one of your kin
(Tar a thighearna tar a thi)
A
To save the other children
D                         E
To save your bone and skin
G
Tonight's the night, you must decide
E
Which son will stay or go
(Tar a thighearna tar a thi)
A
The devil rides in Soldierstown
B
His boots cut through the snow

[Riff 2]
E|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------|
B|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------|
G|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------|
D|-------4h5h7-7-7-|-5p4h5p4---4---------|---------------------|-----5---|
A|-7-7-7-----------|--------7---h7p5-----|---------------------|---5---7-|
E|-----------------|-----------------7-7-|-5\3/5-5-3\2/3-3-2-0-|-7-------|

[Verse] 
E|--------------Sw| ung------------|
 E5       E5   D5   E5       G5 A5    E5      E5  D5     C5                D5
E|-------|----------|--------|--------|-------|---------|-----------------|---------------|
B|-------|----------|--------|--------|-------|---------|-----------------|---------------|
G|-------|----------|--------|--------|-------|---------|-----------------|---------------|
D|-9-9\--|-9-9---7--|-9-9\---|--------|-9-9\--|-9-9--7--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-7-7\--|-7-7---5--|-7-7\---|-5--7---|-7-7\--|-7-7--5--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-------|----------|--------|-3--5---|-------|---------|-----------------|---------------|

[RIff 1]
E|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------|
B|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------|
G|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------7---|
D|-------4h5h7-7-7-|-5p4h5p4---4---------|-------4h5h7-7-7-|-7/9-9-9---9-|
A|-7-7-7-----------|--------7---h7p5-----|-7-7-7-----------|-------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------7-7-|-----------------|-------------|

E|--------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------|
B|--------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------|
G|-----------11h12h14-14-14-|-12p11h12p11----11-------------|---------------------------|-------------|
D|-/14-14-14----------------|-------------14----14p12-------|---------------------------|---------5---|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------14-14-|-12\10/12-12--10\9/10-10-9-|-------5---7-|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|-12\-7-------|

[Verse] 
E|--------------Sw| ung------------|
 E5       E5   D5   E5       G5 A5    E5      E5  D5     C5                D5
E|-------|----------|--------|--------|-------|---------|-----------------|---------------|
B|-------|----------|--------|--------|-------|---------|-----------------|---------------|
G|-------|----------|--------|--------|-------|---------|-----------------|---------------|
D|-9-9\--|-9-9---7--|-9-9\---|--------|-9-9\--|-9-9--7--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-7-7\--|-7-7---5--|-7-7\---|-5--7---|-7-7\--|-7-7--5--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-------|----------|--------|-3--5---|-------|---------|-----------------|---------------|

[Chorus]
G
You can hear the screams in Belfast town
E
Or so the story goes
(Tar a thighearna tar a thi)
A
You can trace the sets of footprints
D                           E
In the deepest winter snows
G
There's nothing here in Soldierstown
E
Save misery and pain
(Tar a thighhearna tar a thi)
A
The crops all failed in Soldierstown
B
They never grew again

[Bridge]                                                     
 E5          E5    D5     E5         E5   D5
E|----------|------------|------------|------------|
B|----------|------------|------------|------------|
G|----------|------------|------------|------------|
D|-9\-------|-9\---7-----|-9\---------|-9\---7-----|
A|-7\-------|-7\---5-----|-7\---------|-7\---5-----|
E|----------|------------|------------|------------|
 tar a thi   tar a thi    tar a thi    tar a thi

(Then Variations on E5 for 7 bars, Listen for rhythms, followed by)
E|------------|
B|------------|
G|-----7------|
D|---7-5-9----|
A|-9-5---7----|
E|-7----------|

[Verse] 
E|--------------Sw| ung------------|
 E5       E5   D5   E5       G5 A5    E5      E5  D5     C5                D5
E|-------|----------|--------|--------|-------|---------|-----------------|---------------|
B|-------|----------|--------|--------|-------|---------|-----------------|---------------|
G|-------|----------|--------|--------|-------|---------|-----------------|---------------|
D|-9-9\--|-9-9---7--|-9-9\---|--------|-9-9\--|-9-9--7--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-7-7\--|-7-7---5--|-7-7\---|-5--7---|-7-7\--|-7-7--5--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-------|----------|--------|-3--5---|-------|---------|-----------------|---------------|

[Chorus]
G
I'll fight until one of us dies
E
He screamed into his face
(Tar a thighhearna tar a thi)
A
I admire your noble notion
D                                   E
Said the stranger, touched by grace
G
But first please let me show you
E
Where the young you gave me play
(Tar a thighhearna tar a thi)
A
In meadows filled with laughter
B
Growing wiser by the day

[RIff 1]
E|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------|
B|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------|
G|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------7---|
D|-------4h5h7-7-7-|-5p4h5p4---4---------|-------4h5h7-7-7-|-7/9-9-9---9-|
A|-7-7-7-----------|--------7---h7p5-----|-7-7-7-----------|-------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------7-7-|-----------------|-------------|

E|--------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------|
B|--------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------|
G|-----------11h12h14-14-14-|-12p11h12p11----11-------------|---------------------------|-------------|
D|-/14-14-14----------------|-------------14----14p12-------|---------------------------|---------5---|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------14-14-|-12\10/12-12--10\9/10-10-9-|-------5---7-|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|-12\-7-------|

[Verse]
E5
One day your son may save you all
D5
From the hell of Soldierstown
E5
But take him back the stranger cried
G5                   A5
His patience wearing down
E5
A stranger came to Soldierstown
D5
When twenty years had passed
C5
Looking for his father
D5
Breathing slowly on the glass...

[Drums]

[Chorus]
G
There is no choice, no compromise
E
Give up one of your kin
(Tar a thighhearna tar a thi)
A
To save the other children
D
To save your bone and skin
G
Tonight's the night, you must decide
E
Which son will stay or go
(Tar a thighhearna tar a thi)
A
The devil rides in Soldierstown
B
His boots cut through the snow
G
You can here the screams in Belfast town
E
Or so the story goes
(Tar a thighhearna tar a thi)
A
You can trace the sets of footprints
D
In the deepest winter snows
G
There's nothing here in Soldierstown
E
Save misery and pain
(Tar a thighhearna tar a thi)
A
The devil rides in Soldierstown
B
He's smiling once again

[Outro]
[RIff 1] (Ending Slower)
E|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------|
B|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------|
G|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------7---|
D|-------4h5h7-7-7-|-5p4h5p4---4---------|-------4h5h7-7-7-|-7/9-9-9---9-|
A|-7-7-7-----------|--------7---h7p5-----|-7-7-7-----------|-------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------7-7-|-----------------|-------------|

E|--------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------|
B|--------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------|
G|-----------11h12h14-14-14-|-12p11h12p11----11-------------|---------------------------|-------------|
D|-/14-14-14----------------|-------------14----14p12-------|---------------------------|---------5---|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------14-14-|-12\10/12-12--10\9/10-10-9-|-------5---7-|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|-12\-7-------|


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| h   Hummer-on
| p   Pull-off