The Gunner's Dream

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Floating down through the clouds 
 
Em/G                  C 
Memories come rushing up to meet me now. 
 
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In the space between the heavens 
 
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And in the corner of some foreign field, 
 
        G      Em  C 
I had a dream, 
 
        G 
I had a dream. 
 
 
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Goodbye Max, goodbye Ma. 
 
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After the service when you're walking slowly to the car 
 
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And the silver in her hair shines in the cold November air, 
 
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You hear the tolling bell, and touch the silk in your lapel, 
 
    G                                  D                      Em 
And as the tear drops rise to meet the comfort of the band, 
 
C                  D 
You take her frail hand and hold on to the dream. 
 
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A place to stay, enough to eat, 
 
Em                           C 
Somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street. 
 
              G                                    D 
Where you can speak out loud about your doubts and fears, 
 
                Em 
And what's more no-one ever disappears, 
 
                                    Cmaj7 
You never hear their standard issue kicking in your door. 
 
G                D 
You can relax on both sides of the tracks, 
 
            Em                  C                      D7/C 
And maniacs don't blow holes in bandsmen by remote control, 
 
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And everyone has recourse to the law, 
 
    C                            G     Em 
And no-one kills the children anymore. 
 
C                                   G 
No-one kills the children anymore. 
 
 
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Night after night, going round and round my brain, 
 
    C        D            G 
His dream is driving me insane___________________. 
 
       G 
In the corner of some foreign field, 
 
    D 
The gunner sleeps tonight. 
 
Em                     C    D/C 
What's done is done. 
 
   G                               D 
We cannot just write off his final scene. 
 
C                G       Em 
Take heed of his dream, 
 
C           Em 
Take heed.