Ballad Of The Soldiers Wife(Chords)

	        
Intro: 
Bm D Em G 
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 


Instrumental: Bm D Em 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 

outro 
Bm D Em Bm 
Bm D Em Bm
	        

Written by Kurt Weill