CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: G C G C G C G C G
The sun was shining on the [C]English [G]Channel
On a [C]ferry [G]off the [D]coast of [G]France[C][G]
And it was summer and a [C]pleasant [G]morning
And [C]high a[G]bove gulls [D]wheeled and [G]danced[C][G]
And high a[C]bove the cliffs of morn[G]ing
The gun emplacements had stood in [C]ranks[G][C]
And I walked [G]over [C]to the [G]railing
And I [C]heard the [G]ghosts of the [D]Calgary [G]Tanks[C][G]
INSTRUMENTAL: C G C G C G C G D G C G
And I remembered [C]pictures [G]I'd seen
In history books and [D]maga[G]zines[C][G]
Of three men standing, [C]smoking, [G]staring
A[C]mong the [G]dead men on a [D]rocky [G]beach[C][G]
And in the [C]light of that pleasant morn[G]ing
As we sailed under the cliffs a[C]bove[G][C]
I thought of [G]all their [C]silent [G]prayers
And the [C]final [G]thoughts of the [D]ones they [G]loved[C][G]
That they left behind at [C]prairie [G]stations
[C]Waving [G]to their [D]pride and [G]joy
Waving to the [C]smiling [G]faces
[C]Smiling [G]faces on the [D]soldier [G]boys[C][G]
No waves of [C]grain will claim the fal[G]len
Just the channel cold and grey as [C]steel[G][C]
And no re[G]turn to the [C]rolling [G]prairie
And a [C]silent [G]cross on a [D]lonely [G]field
INSTRUMENTAL: G C G C G D G C G (2x)
[C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G][D][G][C][G]
Oh, the sun was shining on the [C]rolling [G]prairie
Far [C]from the [G]channel, [D]cold and [G]grey[C][G]
Shone on the families, [C]friends and [G]lovers
Of the [C]prairie [G]boys who [D]fell that [G]day[C][G]
But they could not [C]know on that sunny morn[G]ing
The future held for them no [C]joy[G][C]
They'd wait in [G]vain at [C]prairie [G]stations
[C]Wait in [G]vain for their [D]soldier [G]boys[C][G]
OUTRO: G C G C G D G
INTRO: G C G C G C G C G
The sun was shining on the [C]English [G]Channel
On a [C]ferry [G]off the [D]coast of [G]France[C][G]
And it was summer and a [C]pleasant [G]morning
And [C]high a[G]bove gulls [D]wheeled and [G]danced[C][G]
And high a[C]bove the cliffs of morn[G]ing
The gun emplacements had stood in [C]ranks[G][C]
And I walked [G]over [C]to the [G]railing
And I [C]heard the [G]ghosts of the [D]Calgary [G]Tanks[C][G]
INSTRUMENTAL: C G C G C G C G D G C G
And I remembered [C]pictures [G]I'd seen
In history books and [D]maga[G]zines[C][G]
Of three men standing, [C]smoking, [G]staring
A[C]mong the [G]dead men on a [D]rocky [G]beach[C][G]
And in the [C]light of that pleasant morn[G]ing
As we sailed under the cliffs a[C]bove[G][C]
I thought of [G]all their [C]silent [G]prayers
And the [C]final [G]thoughts of the [D]ones they [G]loved[C][G]
That they left behind at [C]prairie [G]stations
[C]Waving [G]to their [D]pride and [G]joy
Waving to the [C]smiling [G]faces
[C]Smiling [G]faces on the [D]soldier [G]boys[C][G]
No waves of [C]grain will claim the fal[G]len
Just the channel cold and grey as [C]steel[G][C]
And no re[G]turn to the [C]rolling [G]prairie
And a [C]silent [G]cross on a [D]lonely [G]field
INSTRUMENTAL: G C G C G D G C G (2x)
[C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G][D][G][C][G]
Oh, the sun was shining on the [C]rolling [G]prairie
Far [C]from the [G]channel, [D]cold and [G]grey[C][G]
Shone on the families, [C]friends and [G]lovers
Of the [C]prairie [G]boys who [D]fell that [G]day[C][G]
But they could not [C]know on that sunny morn[G]ing
The future held for them no [C]joy[G][C]
They'd wait in [G]vain at [C]prairie [G]stations
[C]Wait in [G]vain for their [D]soldier [G]boys[C][G]
OUTRO: G C G C G D G
