I Joined The Foreign Legion (to Forget) Tabulatur von The Divine Comedy (für Baryton)

Intro: G, Em (2x)

  Am                 D
I joined the Foreign Legion
    C         D        G
One Thursday, cold and wet
  Em           A
I think it was December
Am           D
But you must remember
  G                             Em     G Em
I joined the Foreign Legion to forget

  Am                 D
I joined the Foreign Legion
G  C      D     G
La Légion Étrangère
    Em            A
One sultry day in July
Am                D
Back when I still knew why
  G                         Em       G Em
I joined the Foreign Legion anyway

Am                   D
I joined the Foreign Legion
  G      D     G
Became a legionnaire
    Em                  F#m
We marched to far off regions
   Am             D
To forts we'd be besieged in
     G                          Em     C
Then one day I forgot why I was there

  Am                 D
I joined the Foreign Legion
C        D   G
Somebody to forget
    Em               A
She said I'd find it easier
Am         D
If I had amnesia
G                      Em
Who she was, I do not recollect
  Am                  D        G
I joined the Foreign Legion to forget
Em             G
To forget, to forget...