The Legionnaire's Lament chords by
The Decemberists

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Key: D minor

Verse 1
Dm Dm 
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I'm a legionnaire
F F 
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Camel in disrepair
G G 
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Gm Gm 3
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A A 
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Hoping for a  frigid heir to come passing by
Dm Dm 
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I am on  reprieve
F F 
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Lacking my joie de vive
Dm Dm 
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G G 
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Missing my gay Paris
Gm Gm 3
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A A 
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In  this desert dry

Verse 2

And I wro te my girl

Told her I would not return

Terribly taken a turn

For the worse now I fear

Verse 3
Dm Dm 
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It's been a year or more
Since they shipped me to
F F 
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this foreign shore
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G G 
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Fighting in a  foreign war
Gm Gm 3
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A A 
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So far away from my home

Verse 4
F F 
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If only summer rain would fall
C C 
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On the houses and the boulevards
Gm Gm 3
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And the side walk bagatelles
Bb Bb 
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it's like a dream
F F 
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With the roar of cars
C C 
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And the lulling of the cafe bars,
Gm Gm 3
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The sweetly sleeping sweeping
Bb Bb 
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of the Seine
Bbm Bbm 
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Lord I don't know if I'll
Bb Bb 
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ever be back again
Dm Dm 
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Verse 5

La la la la dam

La la la low

Verse 6
A A 
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Dm Dm 
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Medicating in the sun
F F 
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Pinched doses of laudanum
G G 
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Longing for the old fecundity
Gm Gm 3
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A A 
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of my homeland
Dm Dm 
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Curses to  this mirage
F F 
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A bottle of ancient Shiraz
G G 
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A smattering of distant applause
Gm Gm 3
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A A 
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Is ringing in my poor ears

Verse 7

On the old left bank

My baby in a charabanc

Riding up the width and length

Of the Champs Elysees

Verse 8
F F 
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If only summer rain would fall
C C 
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On the houses and the boulevard
Gm Gm 3
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And the side walk bagatelles
Bb Bb 
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it's like a dream
F F 
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With the roar of cars
C C 
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And the lulling of the cafe bars
Gm Gm 3
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The sweetly sleeping
Bb Bb 
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sweeping of the Seine
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Bb Bb 
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Dm Dm 
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Lord I don't know if I'll ever be back again

Interlude 1

Verse 9
F F 
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If only summer rain would fall
C C 
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Gm Gm 3
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On the houses and the boulevard
And the side walk bagatelles
Bb Bb 
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it's like a dream
F F 
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With the roar of cars
C C 
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And the lulling of the cafe bars
Gm Gm 3
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The sweetly sleeping
Bb Bb 
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sweeping of the Seine
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Lord I don't know if I'll
ever be back again
F F 
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Verse 10

Be back again

I'll be back again

Outro 1

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