The Legionnaire's Lament

The Legionnaire's Lament easy guitar chords by The Decemberists

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Fret 5

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  • Verse 1
    I'm 
    legionnaire 

    Camel 
    in 
    disrepair 

    Hoping 
    for 
    frigid 
    heir 
    to 
    come 
    passing 
    by 

    am 
    on 
    reprieve 

    Lacking 
    my 
    joie 
    de 
    vive 

    Miss
    ing 
    my 
    gay 
    Paris 

    In 
    this 
    desert 
    dry 

    Verse 2
    And 
    wro
    te 
    my 
    girl 

    Told 
    her 
    would 
    not 
    return 

    Ter
    ribly 
    taken 
    turn 

    For 
    the 
    worse 
    now 
    fear 

    Verse 3
    It's 
    been 
    year 
    or 
    more 

    Since 
    they 
    shipped 
    me 
    to 

    this 
    foreign 
    shore 

    Fight
    ing 
    in 
    foreign 
    war 

    So 
    far 
    away 
    from 
    my 
    home 

    Verse 4
    If 
    only 
    summer 
    rain 
    would 
    fall 

    On 
    the 
    houses 
    and 
    the 
    boulevards 

    And 
    the side 
    walk 
    bagatelles 

    it's 
    like 
    dream 

    With 
    the 
    roar 
    of 
    cars 

    And 
    the 
    lulling 
    of 
    the 
    cafe 
    bars, 

    The sweetly 
    sleeping 
    sweeping 

    of 
    the Seine 

    Lord 
    don't 
    know 
    if 
    I'll 

    ever 
    be 
    back 
    again 

    Verse 5

    La la 
    la 
    la 
    dam 

    La 
    la 
    la 
    low 

    Verse 6

    Medic
    ating in 
    the 
    sun 

    Pinched 
    doses 
    of 
    laudanum 

    Longing 
    for the 
    old 
    fecundity 

    of 
    my 
    homeland 

    Curses 
    to 
    this 
    mirage 

    bottle 
    of 
    ancient 
    Shiraz 

    A smattering 
    of 
    distant 
    applause 

    Is 
    ringing 
    in 
    my 
    poor 
    ears 

    Verse 7
    On 
    the 
    old 
    left 
    bank 

    My 
    baby 
    in 
    charabanc 

    Riding 
    up 
    the 
    width 
    and 
    length 

    Of 
    the 
    Champs 
    Elysees 

    Verse 8
    If 
    only 
    summer 
    rain 
    would 
    fall 

    On 
    the houses 
    and 
    the 
    boulevard 

    And 
    the side 
    walk 
    bagatelles 

    it's 
    like 
    dream 

    With 
    the 
    roar 
    of 
    cars 

    And 
    the 
    lulling 
    of 
    the 
    cafe 
    bars 

    The sweetly 
    sleeping 

    sweeping 
    of 
    the 
    Seine 

    Lord 
    don't 
    know 
    if 
    I'll 
    ever 
    be 
    back 
    again 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 9
    If 
    only 
    summer 
    rain 
    would 
    fall 

    On 
    the 
    houses 
    and 
    the 
    boulevard 

    And 
    the side 
    walk 
    bagatelles 

    it's 
    like 
    a dream 

    With 
    the 
    roar 
    of 
    cars 

    And 
    the 
    lulling 
    of 
    the 
    cafe 
    bars 

    The sweetly 
    sleeping 

    sweeping 
    of 
    the 
    Seine 

    Lord 
    don't 
    know 
    if 
    I'll 

    ever 
    be 
    back 
    again 

    Verse 10

    Be 
    back 
    again 

    Be 
    back 
    again 

    I'll 
    be 
    back 
    again 

    Outro 1



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