The Lebanon
Dm - G …
Dm
G
1. She dreams of nineteen sixty-nine,
before
the soldiers came,
Dm
G
the life
was cheap on bread and wine,
and
sharing meant no shame.
Dm G
She is awakened by the screams
Dm
of
rockets flying from nearby,
G
and
scared she clings onto her dreams
F
to
beat the fear that she might die.
G
And who will have won when the soldiers have gone ?
Dm - C Dm - C
From the Lebanon,
the Lebanon.
Dm G
2. Before he leaves the camp
he stops,
he
scans the world outside,
Dm G
and
where there used to be some shops,
Dm
is
where the snipers sometimes hide.
G
He left his home the week before,
Dm
he
thought he’d be like the police,
G
but
now he finds he is at war,
F
weren’t
we supposed to keep the peace.
G
And who will have won when the soldiers have gone ?
Dm - C Dm - C
From the Lebanon, the
Lebanon,
Dm - C Dm - C
the Lebanon, from the Lebanon.
F
C - F C
I must be
dreaming, it can’t be true.
F
C - F C
I must be dreaming, it can’t be true.
+ Dm - G Dm -
G - F
G
And who will have won when the soldiers have gone ?
Dm - C Dm - C
From the Lebanon, the
Lebanon,
Dm -
C Dm - C
the Lebanon, from the Lebanon.
F - C - F -
C …
(orig. = capo 2nd) (The Human
League)