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Emmylou Harris 1917 Written by David Olney
Linda Ronstadt
Gm Cm
The strange young man who comes to me
D7 Gm
A soldier on a three day spree
Gm Cm
He needs one night's cheap ecstasy
D7 Gm
And a woman's arms to hide him
Gm Cm
He greets me with a courtly bow
D7 Gm
And hides his pain by acting proud
Gm Cm
He drinks too much and he laughs too loud
D7 Gm
How can I deny him.
[ Gm F7 - 1 strum each - ]
Bb F
Let us dance beneath the moon
Cm Gm
I'll sing to you 'Claire de Lune'
Bb F
The morning always comes too soon
D7 Gm
But tonight the war is over
Gm Cm
He speaks to me in schoolboy French
D7 Gm
Of a soldiers life inside a trench
Gm Cm
Of the look of death and the ghastly stench
D7 Gm
I do my best to please him
Gm Cm
He puts two roses in a vase
D7 Gm
Two roses sadly out of place
Gm Cm
Like the gallant smile on his haggard face
D7 Gm
Playfully I tease him
Bb F
Hold me neath the Paris skies
Cm Gm
Let's not talk of how or why
Bb F
Tomorrow's soon enough to die
D7 Gm
But tonight the war is over
Gm Cm
We make love too hard too fast
D7 Gm
He falls asleep his face a mask
Gm Cm
He wakes with the shakes and he drinks from his flask
D7 Gm
I put my arms around him
Gm Cm
They die in the trenches and they die in the air
D7 Gm
In Belguim and France the dead are everywhere
Gm Cm
They die so so fast there's no time to prepare
D7 Gm
A decent grave to surround them
Bb F
Old world glory old world fame
Cm Gm
The old worlds gone gone up in flames
Bb F
Nothing will ever be the same
D7 Gm
And nothing lasts forever
Gm Cm
Oh I'd pray for him but I've forgotten how
D7 Gm
And there's nothing nothing that can save him now
Gm Cm
There's always another with the same funny bow
D7 Gm
And who am I to deny them
Lux aeterna Luce-at e-is
Domine cum sanctic tu-is in aeternum
Qui-a pius es
Requiem aeternaum dona e-is Domine
Qui-a pius es
Requiem aeternaum dona e-is Domine
Qui-a pius es
Et lux perpetua luce-at- e-is Cum sancris tu-is in
Aeternum qui-api-us es
D7 Gm
Tonight the war is over
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