Legionnaires Lament Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse i

I'm a Dmlegionnaire, camel in Fdisrepair,

hoping for a GFrigidaire to come A♯passing Aby.

I am Dmon reprieve, lacking my Fjoise de vivre,

missing my Ggay Paree in this A♯desert Adry.

And I Dmwrote my girl, told her I Fwould not

return, I've terribly Gtaken a turn for the

A♯worse now, I Afear. It's been a Dmyear or more

since they shipped me to this Fforeign

shore, fighting in a Gforeign, so far aA♯way

from my Ahome.

Chorus

If only some Frain would fall on the Chouse and

the boulevards and the Gmsidewalks bagatelles (it's

like a A♯dream). With a Froar of cars and the

Clolling of the cafe bars and the Gmsweetly sleeping

sweeping of the A♯Seine. Lord, I A♯mdon't know if I'll

ever be back aDmgain. La Da FDum Dum La Da Da GDum A♯ A

Verse ii

Medicating in the sun with pinch doses of

laudanum, longing for the old fecundity of

my homeland. Curses to this mirage! A

bottle of ancient shiraz! The smattering of

distant applause is ringing in my poor

ears. On the old left bank, my baby in a

charabanc, riding up the width and length

of the Champs Elysee.

REPEAT CHORUS

Interlude

Dm F G A♯ A

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Outro

... Lord, I A♯mdon't know if I'll ever be back aFgain,

be back aCgain, be back aGmgain, O be back A♯again.

Oh oh oh oh Foh, la la la Cla, la la la Gmla, oh oh oh A♯oh A♯m

F C Gm A♯ A♯m Dm