Two Soldiers from Andrew Mullins (mullins@ARTSCI.Concordia.CA) and Michael Collins (collins_michael@bah.com) Two Soldiers Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan G G6 G C g F (1) He was just a blue-eyed Boston boy F C Csus4 C His voice was low with pain G G6 G C g F I'll do your bidding, comrade mine, F C Csus4 C If I ride back again. G G6 G7 C (2) But if you ride back and I am left G G6 G7 G You'll do as much for me G G6 G C g F Mother, you know, must hear the news F C Csus4 C So write to her tenderly. She's a-waiting at home like a patient saint Her fallen face paled with woe Her heart would be broken when I am gone I'll see her soon, I know. Just then the order came to charge For an instant hand touched hand They said "aye" and away they rode That brave and devoted band Straight was the track to the top of the hill The rebels they shot and shelled Plowed furroughs of death through the toiling ranks And guarded them as they fell. There soon came a horrible dying yell From heights that they could not gain And those whom doom and death had spared Rode slowly down again. But among the dead that were left on the hill Was the boy with the curly hair The tall dark man who rode by his side Lay dead beside him there. There's no one to write to the blue-eyed girl The words that her lover had said Mama, you know, awaits the news And soon only know he's dead. Notes: Two Soldiers is basically A7, D, G but I believe it is played with a capo at the 2nd fret using G, C, F positions. This allows you to get that melodic line running through the lower three strings. (1) G6 is just a hammer-on the D string 2nd fret g is just a passing tone on the lower E string F played as a barre chord (2) G7 here is just a walk-up from the G6, i.e. G7=3x300x or 32300x -- keeping in mind the capo