Soldier Of Love (Lay Down Your Arms) - Marshall Crenshaw
Intro:
/ F Dm / F Dm / F Dm / A# C F - /
Dm
Lay down your arms (Soldier of love)
F
And surrender to me (Sha la la)
Dm
Lay down your arms (Soldier of love)
F
And love me peacefully
F
(Sha la la) yeah (Sha la)
Dm
Use your arms for loving me,
Gm F
Baby, that's the way it's gotta be
F
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh woo ooh ooh)
F A
There ain't no reason for you to declare
A# C F
War on the one that loves you so
F A
So forget the other boys because my love is real
A# C F
Come off your battlefield
Dm
Lay down your arms (Soldier of love)
F
And just surrender to me (Sha la la)
Dm
Lay down your arms (Soldier of love)
F
And love me tenderly,
F
(Sha la la) yeah (Sha la)
Dm
Use your arms to hold me tight,
Gm F
baby, I don't wanna fight a war
F
(Ooh ooh ooh ooh woo ooh ooh)
F A
The weapons you're using are hurtin' me bad
A# C F
But someday you're gonna see
F A
That my love for you baby, is the truest you've ever had
A# C F
A soldier of love, that's hard to be
Dm
Lay down your arms (Soldier of love)
F
And love me peacefully (Sha la la)
Dm
Lay down your arms (Soldier of love)
F
And love me tenderly,
F
(Sha la la) yeah (Sha la)
Dm Gm
Use your arms to please and squeeze me
F
I'm the one that loves you so...
Dm
(Yeah, soldier of love)
F
Oh, lay down your arms
Dm
(Yeah, soldier of love)
F
I said, lay down your arms
Dm
(Yeah, soldier of love)
F
Oh, lay down your arms
Dm
(Yeah, soldier of love)
Repeat, ad lib and fade.
Exuberant cover of Beatles cover of early 1960's Arthur Alexander chestnut.
