Army Dreamers by Kate Bush
from the album Never for Ever, 1980
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9pI40LnmHM
Intro
[Bm] [Em] [F#m] [A] x4
Verse 1
[Bm] [Em]
Our little army boy
[F#m] [A]
Is coming home from b.f.p.o.
[Bm] [Em]
I've a bunch of purple flowers
[F#m] [A]
To decorate a mammys hero.
[Bm] [Em]
Mourning in the aerodrome,
[F#m] [A]
The weather warmer, he is colder.
[Bm] [Em]
Four men in uniform
[F#m] [A]
To carry home my little soldier.
Chorus 1
[Bm]
What could he do?
[E] [D]
Should have been a rock star.
[F#m] [Bm]
But he didnt have the money for a guitar
[Bm]
What could he do?
[E] [D]
Should have been a politician.
[F#m] [Bm]
But he never had a proper education.
[Bm]
What could he do?
[E] [D]
Should have been a father.
[F#m] [Bm]
But he never even made it to his twenties.
[D]
What a waste --
[G] [Bm]
Army dreamers.
[G] [D/F#]
Ooh, what a waste of
[G] [Bm] [G]
Army dreamers.
Verse 2
[Bm] [Em]
Tears oer a tin box.
[F#m] [A]
Oh, jesus christ, he wasnt to know,
[Bm] [Em]
Like a chicken with a fox,
[F#m] [A]
He couldnt win the war with ego.
[Bm] [Em]
Give the kid the pick of pips,
[F#m] [A]
And give him all your stripes and ribbons.
[Bm] [Em]
Now hes sitting in his hole,
[F#m] [A]
He might as well have buttons and bows.
Chorus 2
[Bm]
What could he do?
[E] [D]
Should have been a rock star.
[F#m] [Bm]
But he didnt have the money for a guitar
[Bm]
What could he do?
[E] [D]
Should have been a politician.
[F#m] [Bm]
But he never had a proper education.
[Bm]
What could he do?
[E] [D]
Should have been a father.
[F#m] [Bm]
But he never even made it to his twenties.
[D]
What a waste --
[G] [Bm]
Army dreamers.
[G] [D/F#]
Ooh, what a waste of
[G] [Bm] [G]
Army dreamers.
[G] [D/F#]
Ooh, what a waste of
[G] [Bm]
Army dreamers.
[G] [Bm]
Army dreamers.
[G] [Bm] [G] [Bsus2]
Army dreamers Ooh
Outro
[Bm] [Em] [F#m] [A] (Repeat and fade)
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The guitar part is played using a classical fingerstyle approach.
Below are the tabs used for each chord.
[Bm] [Em] [F#m] [A] [E] [D] [G] [D/F#] [Bsus2]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------2---|
B|---3-3-----0-0-----2-2-----2-2-----0-0-----3-3-----0-0-----3-3---2---|
G|---4-4-----0-0-----2-2-----2-2-----1-1-----2-2-----0-0-----2-2---4---|
D|-----------------------------------------0-----------------------4---|
A|-2-----------------------0---------------------------------------2---|
E|---------0-------2---------------0---------------3-------2-----------|
