Judy Collins – Fortune Of Soldiers (Guitar)

        Am                        F         C
Was the fortune of soldiers to be always at war

                  G             F
Sighting down the barrel at whatever comes?

         Am                             F        C
Till the fighters forgot what they were doing it for

               G           D
And reason was lost in the sound of the drums

          Am                        F       C
'Twas the fortune of soldiers to be always alone

               G                  F
Forgetting the faces of all their loved ones

Am                        F              C
Far from their daydreams, far from their homes

                G              D
Love songs were drowned in the sound of the drums

                   G                    G/B
Don't you know the dream has come true?

                          C
Don't you know by now the dream has come true?

                   F
When they say that peace can never be

                            C
It's a fantasy, they didn't know about you

                   G                    G/B
Don't you know the dream has come true?

                          C
Don't you know by now the dream has come true?

                   F
When they say that peace can never be

                                Am
They weren't imagining what one dreamer can do

         Am                     F           C
'Tis the fortune of bankers and builders of arms

               G         F
To worship the profit however it comes

Am                  F              C
Up in their towers, sheltered from harm

             G             D
Far from the smoke and the sound of the drums

         Am                     F             C
'Tis the fortune of dreamers to see what they see

                 G              F
To live with the scorn till the miracle comes

   Am                     F           C
To teach us the music and show us the key

                  G           D
And the chorus to silence the sound of the drums

                   G                    G/B
Don't you know the dream has come true?

                          C
Don't you know by now the dream has come true?

                   F
When they say that peace can never be

                            C
It's a fantasy, they didn't know about you

                   G                    G/B
Don't you know the dream has come true?

                          C
Don't you know by now the dream has come true?

                   F
When they say that peace can never be

                                Am
They weren't imagining what one dreamer can do

         Am                     F           C
'Tis the fortune of children to have such a choice

                 G           F
To grow up to be dreamers or builders of guns

Am                 F         C
Born to be angels, born to rejoice

            G         D
Not to grow up to the sound of the drums

                   G                    G/B
Don't you know the dream has come true?

                          C
Don't you know by now the dream has come true?

                   F
When they say that peace can never be

                            C
It's a fantasy, they didn't know about you

                   G                    G/B
Don't you know the dream has come true?

                          C
Don't you know by now the dream has come true?

                   F
When they say that peace can never be