The Divine Comedy – I Joined The Foreign Legion To Forget (Guitar)

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Gmaj7 320002 Emadd9 022002 Cmaj7 x32000 D7 xx0212 [Intro] Cmaj7 D7 C D G Em A7 C D7 Gmaj7 Emadd9 Gmaj7 Emadd9 [Verse 1]
  C                  D7
I joined the Foreign Legion

    C         D        G
One Thursday, cold and wet

  Em           A7
I think it was December

C             D7
But you must remember
[Chorus 1]
  Gmaj7                          Emadd9
I joined the Foreign Legion to forget
Joined the Foreign Legion
Gmaj7
Joined the Foreign Legion

  Emadd9
I joined the Foreign Legion
[Verse 2]
  C                  D7
I joined the Foreign Legion

   C      D    G
La Légion Étrangère

    Em            A7
One sultry day in July

C                 D7
Back when I still knew why
[Chorus 2]
  Gmaj7                        Emadd9
I joined the Foreign Legion anyway
Joined the Foreign Legion
Gmaj7
Joined the Foreign Legion

  Emadd9
I joined the Foreign Legion
[Solo] Gmaj7 Emadd9 Dm G [Verse 3]
  C                  D7
I joined the Foreign Legion

  C      D      G
Became a legionnaire

   Em                 A7
We marched to far off regions

   C               D7
To forts we'd be besieged in
[Chorus 3]
     Gmaj7                      Emadd9    C
Then one day I forgot why I was theeeeeeeere
[Verse 4]
  C                  D7
I joined the Foreign Legion

    C    D     G
Somebody to forget

    Em               A7
She said I'd find it easier

C          D7
If I had amnesia
[Chorus 4]
Gmaj7                     Emadd9
Who she was, I do not recollect

  Bm                 C      D     Gmaj7
I joined the Foreign Legion to forget
Joined the Foreign Legion
  Emadd9            
I joined the Foreign Legion

      Gmaj7
To forget
Joined the Foreign Legion
  Emadd9
I joined the Foreign Legion
[Outro] Gmaj7 Emadd9 (repeat until end)