C
The valiant soldier smiles
                    Dm7
The lady lowers her eyes
                    C
The battle has been won
                    Dm7
With no sense of surprise
                     C
She questions not at all
                      Dm7
The valiant soldier’s prize
                      C
The valiant soldier’s prize

[Chorus]
    F      Em        Dm7     G
For all of those who fail to hear
    Dm7    C      F     G
The silent hero’s call
   Dm     C         F        G
We honour those who face themselves
      F      G       Csus4
Where silent shadows fall

[Verse 2]
                    C
The valiant soldier hears
                     Dm7
From far and distant lands
                  C
The piper’s sad lament
                      Dm7
He feels his mother’s hands
                  C
When all are in retreat
                    Dm7
The valiant soldier stands
                    C
The valiant soldier stands

[Chorus]
    F      Em        Dm7     G
For all of those who fail to hear
    Dm7    C      F     G
The silent hero’s call
   Dm     C         F        G
We honour those who face themselves
      F      G       Csus4
Where silent shadows fall

[Instrumental]
F  Em  Dm7  G  Dm7  C  F  G  Dm  C  F  G  F  G  Csus4

[Verse]
                    C
The valiant soldier calls
                   Dm7
The public purse denies
                    C
He sadly shakes his head
             Dm7
Weary of the lies
                    C
Who never knows his child
                    Dm7
The valiant soldier dies
                    C
The valiant soldier dies

[Chorus]
    F      Em        Dm7     G
For all of those who fail to hear
    Dm7    C      F     G
The silent hero’s call
   Dm     C         F        G
We honour those who face themselves
      F      G       Csus4
Where silent shadows fall

[Outro]
F  Em  Dm7  G  Dm7  C  F  G  Dm  C  F  G  F  G  Csus4
F  Em  Dm7  G  Dm7  C  F  G  Dm  C  F  G  F  G  Csus4
F  Em  Dm7  G  Dm7  C  F  G  Dm  C  F  G  F  G  Csus4
F  Em  Dm7  G  Dm7  C  F  G  Dm  C  F  G  F  G  Csus4