Intro (0:57)
Em
Intro (1:20)
Gm
Verse (1:31)
Gm D
A wretched outcast with no point of view
F Eb D
What could I do? Just military service
Gm D
I carry out the powerful vulgarian view
F
I scatter gloom
Eb
Do as I say or I'll scatter you
Prechorus (2:00)
D Bb
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
A
You can't blame me
D
I'm just an innocent soldier
Gm Cm
There would be no war if not for me
I'm just a sweet little soldier
Bb
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
A
You can't blame me
D
I'm just an innocent soldier
Gm
Give me an order!
I'll blow up a border
D
Give me an order and I'll blow up your daughter
Bridge (2:36)
Gm D
Gm Gm
Verse (2:53)
Gm D
Call me brave, call me a peace-making hero
F Eb D
Call me anything except what I am
Gm D
From a class without, I haven't a clue
F
What the war is about
Eb D
I haven't got a clue, have you?
Prechorus (3:22)
Bb
Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no
A
You can't blame me
D
I'm just an innocent soldier
Gm Cm
There would be no war if not for me
I'm just a sweet little soldier
Bb
No, no, no, no, no
A
You can't blame me
D
After all, I'm just
Chorus (3:49)
Gm D
Honour-mad, cannon fodder, honour-mad, cannon fodder
Gm D
I'm honour-mad, cannon fodder I'm honour-mad, cannon fodder
Gm D
I'm honour-mad, cannon fodder I'm honour-mad, cannon fodder
Gm
I'm honour-mad, cannon fodder, honour-mad, cannon fodder
D
Honour-mad, cannon fodder
Verse (4:22)
Gm D
Duty done by the moment at hand
D
The moment at hand
F Eb D
I am answerable only to Jesus
Gm
And with the grace of God
D
I will die in my own bed, if you wonder what's in my head
F Eb
It's just the hatred for all human life
D Gm
When I lose mine, my mother will say:
"He died doing the job he loved"
D
But I died with a bullet to the forehead
Gm
That wasn't the job I loved
D
That wasn't the job I loved
That wasn't the job I loved
Outro (5:18)
Ab Cm
Funny how the war goes on
F#
Without our John
Bb Eb
Without our John
Ab Cm
It's funny how the war goes on
F#
Without our John
Bb Eb
Without our John
Cm F C# Eb
La la la la la la la
Cm F C# Bb C# Eb
Outro (6:00)
Ab Cm
Funny how the war goes on
F#
Without our John
Bb Eb
Without our John
Ab Cm
It's funny how the war goes on
F#
Without John
Bb Eb
Without our John
Cm F C# Eb
La la la la la la la
Cm F C# Bb C# Eb
Outro (6:43)
C# D# D#
C# D# C#
C# Cm D#
C# Cm Bbm
