{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":153505,"song":"Legionnaires Lament","artist":"The Decemberists","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11215358-legionnaires-lament-chords-by-the-decemberists/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/153505?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":118,"content":"*The Decemberists*\r\nAlbum: Castaways and Cutouts\r\nSong: The Legionnaire's Lament\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm a legionnaire, camel in disrepair[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Gm[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHoping for a frigid air to come passing by[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI am on reprieve, lacking my joie de vivre[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMissing my gay Paris in this desert dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I wrote my girl, told her I would not return[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've terribly taken a turn for the worse now, I fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]                                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's been a year or more since they shipped me to this foreign shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nfighting in a foreign war, so far away from my home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf only some rain would fall on the houses and the boulevards[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Gm[/ch]                               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the sidewalk bagatelles (it's like a dream)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith the roar of cars and the lulling of the cafe bars[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]                               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe sweetly sleeping sweeping of the Seine[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bbm[/ch]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLord, I don't know if I'll ever be back again[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLa Da Dum Dum La Da Da Dum[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMedicating in the sun with pinch doses of laudanum[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLonging for the old fecundity of my homeland[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCurses to this mirage!  A bottle of ancient Shiraz[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Gm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe smattering of distant applause is ringing in my poor ears[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn the old left bank, my baby in a charabanc[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Gm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRiding up the width and length of the Champs Elysees[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf only some rain would fall on the houses and the boulevards[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Gm[/ch]                               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the sidewalk bagatelles (it's like a dream)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith the roar of cars and the lulling of the cafe bars[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]                               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe sweetly sleeping sweeping of the Seine[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bbm[/ch]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLord, I don't know if I'll ever be back again[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLa Da Dum Dum La Da Da Dum[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf only some rain would fall on the houses and the boulevards[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Gm[/ch]                               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the sidewalk bagatelles (it's like a dream)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith the roar of cars and the lulling of the cafe bars[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]                               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe sweetly sleeping sweeping of the Seine[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bbm[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLord, I don't know if I'll ever be back again,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nbe back again, be back again, O be back again[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nOh oh oh oh oh, la la la la, la la la la, oh oh oh oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Bbm[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]","plain_text":"*The Decemberists*\nAlbum: Castaways and Cutouts\nSong: The Legionnaire's Lament\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nDm    F    G    Bb  A\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF    C    Gm    Bb  Bbm  Dm","chords":["Dm","F","G","Gm","A","C","Bb","Bbm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}