The Legionnaires Lament

Dm F I'm a legionnaire camel in disrepair F# G Gm A Hoping for a frigid heir to come passing by Dm F I am on reprieve lacking my joie de vivre F# G Gm A Missing my gay Paris in this desert dry Dm F And I wrote my girl told her I would not return F# G Gm A Terribly taken a turn for the worse now I fear Dm F It's been a year or more since they shipped me to this foreign shore F# G Gm A Fighting in a foreign war so far away from my home F C/G If only some rain would fall on the houses and the boulevards Gm Bb And the side walk bagatelles it's like a dream F C/G With the roar of cars and the lulling of the cafe bars, Gm Bb The sweetly sleeping sweeping of the Seine. Bbm Lord I don't know if I'll ever Dm F be back again La la da dum F# G Gm A La la la low Dm F Medicating in the sun pinched doses of laudanum F# G Gm A Longing for the old fecundity of my homeland Dm F Curses to this mirage, a bottle of ancient Shiraz F# G Gm A A smattering of distant applause is ringing in my poor ears Dm F On the old left bank my baby in a charabanc F# G Gm A Riding up the width and length of the Champs Elysees F C/G If only some rain would fall on the houses and the boulevards Gm Bb And the side walk bagatelles it's like a dream F C/G With the roar of cars and the lulling of the cafe bars, Gm Bb The sweetly sleeping sweeping of the Seine. Bbm Lord I don't know if I'll ever Dm F be back again La la da dum F# G Gm A La la la low Dm F F# G Gm A F C/G If only some rain would fall on the houses and the boulevards Gm Bb And the side walk bagatelles it's like a dream F C/G With the roar of cars and the lulling of the cafe bars, Gm Bb The sweetly sleeping sweeping of the Seine. Bbm Lord I don't know if I'll ever F C/G be back again, be back again, Gm Bb Be back again, I'll be back again F C/G Ah ah ahh ohh ah ah ahh ohhh Gm Bb Bbm La la la lo oh ohh oh ohh Outro accordion light guitar F C/G Gm Bb Bbm Dm