The soldier asked my name and did I come here very often
MIm DOWell I thought that he was asking me to dance
SOL SImIn my holy coat and hat and him in his red bonnet
We'd have made a lovely couple but we never had the chance
And now you say that you've got to go
Well if you must you must
SOL DO RE SOL DO SOL REI suppose that you need the sleep of the just
Well it was a powerful day and there were black crows in the road
And I kept my strong opinions to my chest
I suppose I should have told them that I was on fire for you
When the bus burst into flames outside some place, 'The Poet's Rest'
[Repeat chorus; come out like this:] G C G G7
A girl woke up in a naked light and said
DO SOLHe even looked like her brother in the army but she never mentions him
SI7 MImHe'll be tucked up in his bed tonight with his dirty-pictures girl
Saying, 'You're some mother's daughter you know or is it
immaterial girl?'
Now she's pinned up upon the barracks wall in her home town
All the soldiers taking turns with their attentions
And as they speculate what she'd look like beneath that thin nightgown
His family pride was rising up as he cast his eyes down
[Last chorus: come out of it with Em then repeat verse chords
to fade]
The soldier asked my name and did
SIm..I come here very often
MImWell I thought that he was asking
..me to dance
SOL SImIn my holy coat and hat and him in
..his red bonnet
MImWe'd have made a lovely couple but
DO..we never had the chance
chorusSOL DO
And now you say that you've got to
..go
SOL DOWell if you must you must
SOL DO REI suppose that you need the sleep
..of the just
Well it was a powerful day and
..there were black crows in the
..road
And I kept my strong opinions to
..my chest
I suppose I should have told them
..that I was on fire for you
When the bus burst into flames
..outside some place, 'The Poet's
..Rest'
[Repeat chorus; come out like
..this:] G C G G7
DO
A girl woke up in a naked light
SIm..and said
He even looked like her brother in
SOL..the army but she never mentions
..him
SI7He'll be tucked up in his bed
MIm..tonight with his dirty-pictures
..girl
DOSaying, 'You're some mother's
..daughter you know or is it
RE RE/DO RE/SI RE/LA
immaterial girl?'
Now she's pinned up upon the
..barracks wall in her home town
All the soldiers taking turns with
..their attentions
And as they speculate what she'd
..look like beneath that thin
..nightgown
His family pride was rising up as
..he cast his eyes down
[Last chorus: come out of it with
..Em then repeat verse chords
to fade]
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