{"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":1486779,"song":"The Patriots Dream","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1486779-the-patriots-dream-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1486779?type=chord","rating":4.88663,"votes":20,"content":"THE PATRIOT'S DREAM\r\n\r\n\r\nchart and transcription Peter Kruger\r\ncasparus60@yahoo.com\r\n(recorded in key of A capo to second fret\r\nto play along with Gord )\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch] - x32000\r\nD/F# - 2x0232 (just curl thumb onto second fret on E string[/tab]\r\n for the F# bass)\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch] |\r\n * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *[/tab]\r\n The\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nsongs of the wars are as old as the hills,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey cling like the rust on the cold steel that kills.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey tell of the boys who went down to the tracks[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nin a patriotic manner with the cold steel on their backs.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe patriot's dream is as old as the sky,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt lives in the lust of a cold callous lie.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet's drink to the men who got caught by the chill[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nof the patriotic fever and the cold steel that kills.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]C[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] |[ch]D[/ch] |[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * [/tab]\r\n The \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\ntrain pulled away on that glorious night,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe drummer got drunk and the bugler got tight.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, the boys in the back sang a song of good cheer[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhile riding off to glory in the spring of their years.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe patriot's dream still lives on today,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt makes mothers weep and it makes lovers pray.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet's drink to the men who got caught by the chill[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nof the patriotic fever and the cold steel that kills.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Em[/ch] |[ch]Em[/ch] |[ch]Em[/ch] |[ch]Em[/ch] |\r\n * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *[/tab]\r\n well there\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwas a sad, sad lady weeping all night long,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nshe re ceived a sad, sad message from a voice on the tele phone.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHer children were all sleeping as she waited out the dawn,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nhow could she tell those children their father was shot down.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe took them to her side that day and she told them one by one,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYour father was a good man ten thousand miles from ho--------.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\no-o-o-ome[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nHe tried to do his duty and it took him straight to hell,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhe might be in some prison, I hope he's treated[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Cmaj7[/ch] |[ch]Am[/ch] |[ch]Em[/ch] |[ch]Em[/ch] |\r\n * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *[/tab]\r\n well. well there\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwas a young girl watching in the early after noon[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwhen she heard the name of someone who said he'd be home soon.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe wondered how they got him, but the papers did not tell,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthere would be no sweet reunion, there would be no wedding bells.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo she took her self in to her room and she turned the bed sheets down,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nshe cried in to the silken folds of her new wedding gow--------.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\now- ow- own[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nHe tried to do his duty and it took him straight to hell,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhe might be in some prison, I hope he's treated[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Cmaj7[/ch] |[ch]Am[/ch] |[ch]Em[/ch] |[ch]Em[/ch] |\r\n * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *[/tab]\r\n well. well there\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n was an old man sitting in his mansion on the hill,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nhe thought of his good fortune and the time he'd yet to kill.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe called to his wife one day, \"Come sit with me a while,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthen turning to ward the sunset, he smiled a wicked smile.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Well I'd like to say I'm sorry for the sinful deeds I've done,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut let me first re mind you, I'm a patri otic saaaaaaahh[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nah- ah- aaaahn[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nThey tried to do their duty and it took 'em straight to hell.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey might be in some prison, I hope they're treated[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Cmaj7[/ch] |[ch]Am[/ch] |[ch]D[/ch] |[ch]D[/ch] |\r\n * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *[/tab]\r\n well. The\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nsongs of the wars are as old as the hills,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey cling like the rust on the cold steel that kills.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey tell of the boys who went down to the tracks[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nin a patriotic manner with the cold steel on their backs.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe train pulled away on that glorious night,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe drummer got drunk and the bugler got tight.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, the boys in the back sang a song of good cheer[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhile riding off to glory in the spring of their years.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe patriot's dream still lives on today,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt makes mothers weep and it makes lovers pray.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet's drink to the men who got caught by the chill[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nof the patriotic fever and the cold steel that kills.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]G[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] |[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] |[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch] |\r\n * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nchart and transcription Peter Kruger\r\ncasparus60@yahoo.com","plain_text":"THE PATRIOT'S DREAM\n\n\nchart and transcription Peter Kruger\ncasparus60@yahoo.com\n(recorded in key of A capo to second fret\nto play along with Gord )\n\n\n\n for the F# bass)\n\n\n The\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n The \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n well there\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n well. well there\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n well. well there\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n well. The\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchart and transcription Peter Kruger\ncasparus60@yahoo.com","chords":["A","Cmaj7","D/F","E","F","G","C","A7","D","Em","D/F#","B7","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}