Chords
Ballad Of The Soldiers Wife

Key: B

Introduction:

difficulty
intermediate |||||
 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#                                       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#                       Bm 
From oslo over the sound
                   D                                         A 
What was sent to the soldier's wife
                   D                             A 
From the wealth of amsterdam ?
           G         D                                 C#m 
From amsterdam, he got her a hat
                                   B 
She looked sweet in that
                                         A 
In her little dutch hat
                   F#                           Bm 
From the wealth of amsterdam
              Bm  DEm  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#                                 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#                         Bm 
From paris, city of light
                   D                                         A 
What was sent to the soldier's wife
                   D                               A 
From the south, from bucharest ?
             G                         D               Dbm 
From bucharest he got her this shirt
             B                                             A 
Embroidered and pert, that rumanian shirt
                     F#m                           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#                       Bm 
From the far-off russian land
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