Pink Floyd – The Gunner’s Dream

Intro: G G+ Em C G D Em
 
G         G+
Floating down through the clouds
Em/G            C
Memories come rushing up to meet me now.
    G
In the space between the heavens
       D                    C
And in the corner of some foreign field,
     G    Em C
I had a dream,
     G
I had a dream.

G        G+
Goodbye Max, goodbye Ma.
Em/G                  C
After the service when you're walking slowly to the car
     G                      D
And the silver in her hair shines in the cold November air,
  Em                 Cmaj7            D/C   C
You hear the tolling bell, and touch the silk in your lapel,
  G                       D               Em
And as the tear drops rise to meet the comfort of the band,
C            D
You take her frail hand and hold on to the dream.

G G+ Em C D G D Em D C D/C G D C G Em C Em

G           G+
A place to stay, enough to eat,
Em                  C
Somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street.
         G                        D
Where you can speak out loud about your doubts and fears,
          Em
And what's more no-one ever disappears,
                        Cmaj7
You never hear their standard issue kicking in your door.
G           D
You can relax on both sides of the tracks,
       Em            C               D7/C
And maniacs don't blow holes in bandsmen by remote control,
  G                   D
And everyone has recourse to the law,
  C                   G   Em
And no-one kills the children anymore.
C                        G
No-one kills the children anymore.

C         D       G      D     Em    D
Night after night, going round and round my brain,

  C     D        G
His dream is driving me insane.
    G
In the corner of some foreign field,
  D
The gunner sleeps tonight.
Em              C   D/C
What's done is done.
 G                     D
We cannot just write off his final scene.
C           G     Em
Take heed of his dream,
C       Em
Take heed.