The Legionnaire's Lament

[Verse] Dm F I'm a legionnaire, camel in disrepair G Gm A Hoping for a frigidaire to come passing by Dm F I am on reprieve, lacking my joie de vive G Gm A Missing my gay Paris, in this desert dry Dm F And I wrote my girl, told her I would not return 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 G Gm A Fighting in a foreign war so far away from my home

[Chorus] F C If only summer rain would fall on the houses and the boulevards Gm Bb And the sidewalk bagatelles it's like a dream F C 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 be back again

[Post-Chorus] Dm F G Gm A La la la la dum La la la la

[Verse] Dm F Medicating in the sun, pinched doses of laudanum G Gm A Longing for the old fecundity of my homeland Dm F Curses to this mirage, a bottle of ancient Shiraz 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 G Gm A Riding up the width and length of the Champs Elysees

[Chorus] F C If only summer rain would fall on the houses and the boulevards Gm Bb And the sidewalk bagatelles it's like a dream F C 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 be back again F C If only summer rain would fall on the houses and the boulevards Gm Bb And the sidewalk bagatelles it's like a dream F C 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 be back again F C Gm Bb Be back again, be back again, I'll be back again F C Gm Bb La la la la... F C Gm Bb Bbm F