“Army Dreamers” is a beautifully written, heart-felt song speaking about the losses of war. I’ve posted this to mark the 100 year anniversary of Armistice Day, the day World War 1 ended a century ago.
A lovely song with a gentle melody, I hope you enjoy playing the letter notes below.
.B-C# D-E F#-A B
Our little army boy
B A-B A F# E-D-E-C#
Is coming home from B.F.P.O.
.B C# D E F#-A B
I’ve a bunch of purple flowers
F# A-B-A F# E – D E-.B
To decorate to mammy’s hero
.B– C# D E F#-A-B
Mourning in the aerodrome
F# A – B A – F# E D E-.B
The weather warmer, he is colder
.B-C# D E F#-A-B
Four men in uniform
F# A-B A F# E-D E-D
To carry home my little soldier
D D E F#
(What could he do)
E D E D E – D
(Should have been a rockstar)
^D ^C# ^D-^C#
But he didn’t
^E ^D ^ C#-B A F# A-F#
Have the money for a guitar
D D E F#
(What could he do)
E D E D E-D-E-D
(Should have been a politician)
^D ^C# ^D-^C# ^E
But he never had
^D ^C#-B A-F#-A-F#
A proper education
D D E F#
(What could he do)
E D E D E-D
(Should have been a father)
^D ^C# ^D-^C# ^E-^D ^C# B
But he never even made it
A F# A-F#
To his twenties
A F# A
What a waste
^D-B A – F#
Army dreamers
A-F# A F# A F#
Ooh, what a waste of
^D-B A – F#
Army dreamers….