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Soldier Boy

(David Jones - Theodore Williams)


Copyright E. B. Marks Music Corp.

Original by The Four Fellows & Abi Barker Orchestra in 1955


Home recordings - November 1959 - Goethestrasse, Bad Nauheim - Germany

 OPA5 8203
August 1984 LP RCA CPM6 5172-2 A Golden Celebration



RCA studio session - March 20-21, 1960 - RCA Studio B - Nashville

 March 20 - 8 am-12 pm

L2WB 0082-15
April 26, 1960 LP RCA LSP 2231 Elvis Is Back!
Mono: April 2012 CD FTD 506020-975044 Welcome Home Elvis 1960
Outtakes:
Take 1: February 15, 2000 CD RCA 07863 67840-2 Such A Night Essential Elvis Vol 6
Takes 1, 2, 3, 7, 9 and 10: April 1, 2005 CD FTD 82876-67968-2 Elvis Is Back!
Take 7: April 1, 2002 CD FTD 74321 92856-2 Fame And Fortune
Take 10: July 1, 2003 CD RCA BMG 82876 50537-2 Close Up


Re-recording sessions - March 1996 - Signet Sound Studio - Hollywood

 L2WB 0082
February 16, 1998 CD RCA 07863-67458-2 Blue Suede Shoes A Ballet Set To The Music Of Elvis Presley






Soldier boy why feel blue
Don't you believe that she will be true
It's written in the book
That she was meant for only you


Soldier boy tell me why do you cry
When you return she'll rush to your side
It's written in the book
That she was meant for only you


* So prove your love is true
She'll be there to say "I do"
And if you go o'er sea or land
She'll make you understand


** While you're gone oh try to believe
Her love for you is really for real
It's written in the book
That she was meant for only you


* Repeat


** Repeat 




Standard tuning.
Fill 1:                     Fill 2:
                    ~                           ~
e||--8--10--12--10--8--|    e||--------------------|
B||--------------------|    B||--8--10--12--10--8--|
G||--------------------|    G||--------------------|
D||--------------------|    D||--------------------|
A||--------------------|    A||--------------------|
E||--------------------|    E||--------------------|

            C    Am    Dm       G7
    Soldier boy        why feel blue
    C         Am           Dm          G7
    Don't you believe that she will be true
         C              Am
    It's written in the book
         Dm                G7   C    Am    Dm    G7
    That she was meant for only you

            C    Am         Dm         G7
    Soldier boy     tell me why do you cry
    C         Am           Dm           G7
    When you return she'll rush to your side
         C              Am
    It's written in the book
         Dm                G7   C    F    C    C7
    That she was meant for only you
       F   (Fill 1)
    So prove your love is true
           C      (Fill 2)
    She'll be there to say "I do"
        F    (Fill 1)
    And if you go o'er sea or land
           D7             G     G7
    She'll make you understand
    While you're gone oh try to believe
    Her love for you is really for real
    It's written in the book
    That she was meant for only you
    So prove your love is true
    She'll be there to say "I do"
    And if you go o'er sea or land
    She'll make you understand
    While you're gone oh try to believe
    Her love for you is really for real
    It's written in the book
    That she was meant for only you