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The Patriot's Dream chords by 
Gordon Lightfoot
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Intro 1
G
Verse 1
G
The songs of the wars are as
C
old as the hills
G
They cling like the rust on
A
D
the cold steel that kills
G
They tell of the boys who went
C
down to the tracks
D
In a patriotic manner with
C
the cold steel on their backs
G
Verse 2
The patriot's dream is
C
as old as the sky
G
A
D
It lives in the lust of a cold callous lie
G
Let's drink to the men who got
C
caught by the chill
D
C
Of the patriotic fever and the cold steel
G
that kills
Interlude 1
G
C
G
A
D
G
C
D
C
G
Verse 3
G
The train pulled away on that
C
glorious night
G
The drummer got drunk and
A
D
the bugler got tight
G
While the boys in the back sang
C
a song of good cheer
D
While riding off to glory in the spring
C
G
of their years
Verse 4
G
C
The patriot's dream still lives on today
G
It makes mothers weep and
A
D
it makes lovers pray
G
Let's drink to the men who got
C
caught by the chill
D
C
Of the patriotic fever and the cold
G
steel that kills
Interlude 2
G
Em
Verse 5
G
Em
Well there was a sad, sad lady,
G
Em
weeping all night long
G
She received a sad,
Em
G
Em
sad message from a voice on the telephone
G
Em
Her children were all sleeping
D
Em
as she waited out the dawn
G
Em
How could she tell those children
G
Em
that their father was shot down
G
Em
So she took them to her side that day
G
D
Em
and she told them one by one
G
Em
Your father was a good man ten
D
G
B
thousand miles from home
Am
D
He tried to do his duty and it
G
C
took him straight to hell
Am
D
He might be in some prison,
G
I hope he's treated well
Interlude 3
C
Am
Em
Verse 6
G
Em
Well there was a young girl watching
G
Em
in the early afternoon
G
Em
When she heard the name of someone
G
Em
who said he'd be home soon
G
Em
And she wondered how they got him,
G
Em
but the papers did not tell
G
Em
There would be no sweet reunion,
G
Em
there would be no wedding bells
G
Em
So she took herself into her room and she
G
Em
turned the bed sheets down
G
Em
And she cried into the silken folds
D
G
B
of her new wedding gown
Am
D
He tried to do his duty and it
G
took him straight to hell
C
Am
D
He might be in some prison,
G
I hope he's treated well
Interlude 4
C
Am
Em
Verse 7
G
Em
Well there was an old man sitting
in his mansion on the hill
G
Em
And he thought of his good fortune
G
D
Em
and the time he'd yet o kill
G
Em
Well he called to his wife one day,
D
"Come sit with me awhile"
Em
G
D
Em
Then turning toward the sunset,
G
Em
he smiled a wicked smile
G
Em
"Well I'd like to say I'm sorry
G
Em
for the sinful deeds I've done
G
Em
But let me first remind you,
D
G
B
I'm a patriotic son"
Am
D
They tried to do their duty and it
G
C
took 'em straight to hell
Am
D
They might be in some prison,
G
I hope they're treated well
Interlude 5
C
Am
D
Verse 8
G
The songs of the wars are as
C
old as the hills
G
They cling like the rust on
A
D
the cold steel that kills
G
They tell of the boys who went
C
down to the tracks
D
In a patriotic manner with
C
the cold steel on their backs
G
Verse 9
The train pulled away on that
C
glorious night
G
The drummer got drunk and
A
D
the bugler got tight
G
While the boys in the back sang
C
a song of good cheer
D
While riding off to glory in the spring
C
G
of their years
Verse 10
G
The patriot's dream still
C
lives on today
G
It makes mothers weep and
A
D
it makes lovers pray
G
Let's drink to the men who got
C
caught by the chill
D
Of the patriotic fever and
C
G
the cold steel that kills
Outro 1
G
C
D
C
G
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