The Gunner's Dream

[Intro] G  Em  C  G  D  Em

G             G5+
Floating down through the clouds
Em/G                  C
Memories come rushing up to meet me now
       G
In the space between the heavens
           D                             C
And in the corner of some foreign field
        G      Em  C
I had a dream
        G
I had a dream

G            G5+
Goodbye Max, goodbye Ma
Em/G                          C
After the service when you're walking slowly to the car
        G                                D
And the silver in her hair shines in the cold November air
    Em                         Cmaj7                  D/C     C
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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G                G5+
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
    G                            D
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

C             D          G         D        Em      D
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