This Song For You

chris de burgh - this song for you from the album : spanish train & other stories ( 1975 ) comment for any corrections and please rate D B7 hello darling , this is the army , Em i’ve just got the time to write , A today we attack , there’s no turning back , D G D A the boys they’re all ready for the fight , D B7 yes , i’m well but this place is like hell , Em they call it passchendaele , A in nineteen seventeen the war must be ending , D G D the general said this attack will not fail , G F# so i’m writing down this simple little melody Bm F#m Em F# when you play it my love , think of me . . . Em D A D Em we’ll be together in this song for you , A D B7 Em A D G D and it goes la la la . . . A D B7 Em A D G D A sing it darling , la la la . . . D B7 they got old bill and the sergeant is still out there , Em wounded in some shellhole , A they say this war will end all wars , D G D A oh god i really hope it will , D B7 oh how’s old england , are they still singing Em those songs that we loved to sing , A when all this is over , we’ll go sailing in dover , D G D catching fish like we used to with a string , G F# oh i miss you , i miss you , i miss you so! Bm F#m Em F# if they get me my love you will know . . . Em D A D Em we’ll always be together in this song for you . . . A D B7 Em A D G D and it goes la la la . . . A D B7 Em A D G D A D B7 Em A D G D A D B7 Em A D G D A i have to go now . . .