Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes

Rod Mckuen

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(C)Soldiers who (G)want to be heroes
Number practically (C)zero,
(Am)But there are (F)millions
Who (G)want to be ci(C)vilians.
Soldiers who (G)want to be heroes
Number practically (C)zero,
(Am)But there are (F)millions
Who (G)want to be ci(C)vilians.

Come and take my (G)eldest son.
Show him how to (C)shoot a gun.
(Am)Wipe his eyes if he (F)starts to cry
(G)When the bullets (C)fly.
Give him a rifle. (G)Take his hoe.
(Am)Show him a field where (C)he can go
To lay his body (F)down and die
(G)Without asking (C)why.

(C)Soldiers who (G)want to be heroes
Number practically (C)zero,
(Am)But there are (F)millions
Who (G)want to be ci(C)vilians.
Soldiers who (G)want to be heroes
Number practically (C)zero,
(Am)But there are (F)millions
Who (G)want to be ci(C)vilians.

Sticks and stones can (G)break your bones.
Even names can (C)hurt you,
(Am)But the thing that (F)hurts the most
Is (G)when a man de(C)serts you.
Don't you think its (G)time to weed
The leaders that no (C)longer lead
(Am)From the people (F)of the land
Who'd (G)like to see their (C)sons again? 

(C)Soldiers who (G)want to be heroes
Number practically (C)zero,
(Am)But there are (F)millions
Who (G)want to be ci(C)vilians.
Soldiers who (G)want to be heroes
Number practically (C)zero,
(Am)But there are (F)millions
Who (G)want to be ci(C)vilians.

(C#)God, if men could (G#)only see
The lessons taught by (C#)history,
(Am#)That all the singers (F#)of this song
(G#)Cannot right a (C#)single wrong!
Let all men (G#)of good will
Stay in the fields they (C#)have to till,
(Am#)Feed the mouths they (F#)have to fill,
(G#)And cast away their (C#)arms. 

Soldiers who (G#)want to be heroes
Number practically (C#)zero,
(Am#)But there are (F#)millions
Who (G#)want to be ci(C#)vilians.
(C#)Soldiers who (G#)want to be heroes
Number practically (C#)zero,
(Am#)But there are (F#)millions
Who (G#)want to be ci(C#)vilians.

Zo speel je dit nummer

Leer de akkoorden van Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes van Rod Mckuen spelen op Gitaartabs. Dit popnummer uit 1970 staat op het album Rod McKuen Live In London en is perfect om je gitaarvaardigheden op beginner-niveau uit te breiden. Met heldere akkoordenschema's kun je dit nummer in zijn geheel oefenen.

Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes heeft een beginner-vriendelijk moeilijkheidsgraad en gebruikt vooral de akkoorden C, G, Am en F, aangevuld met C# en G#. Het formaat biedt je alle akkoorden die je nodig hebt om het nummer correct te spelen. Start vandaag nog met deze klassieker en voel hoe je progressie groeit.

How to practise this song

1
Practise the barre chord C#
C# is a barre chord. Lay your index finger flat across all strings and press firmly; practise it on its own until every string rings clearly before you use it in the song.
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2
Practise the change: C# ↔ Am
Play each chord for 4 beats, then 2, then 1 — with the metronome at 60-70 bpm. Only push the tempo once the change is clean and on time.
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3
Great first song
Focus on clean chords — let every string ring. Speed comes by itself once the shapes are right.