C F G C
Heading home on remembrance day
Am D G
Slowing down in the autumn cold
C G C F G Am
In your scarf and your green beret
Em F Dm G C
And you can't help but wonder how you've grown so old
F G C
Called away by a waking dream
C/c C/b Am/a C/g D G
Brave old soldier running out of steam
F G Am
Blows a kiss to the evening skies
F C D G C
Good night Ruby with the stars in her eyes
There's a face in a photograph
That you've treasured the long years through
Just a trace of her distant laugh
And you pray there's a heaven and she waits for you
Called away by a waking dream
Brave old soldier running out of steam
Blows a kiss to the evening skies
Good night Ruby with the stars in her eyes
(And then an instrumental interlude here ??)
Set 'em up for the whole damn crew
Raise a glass to your absent friends
Just a ghost of the gang you knew
And you can't help but wonder will you meet again
Called away by a waking dream
Brave old soldier running out of steam
Blows a kiss to the evening skies
Good night Ruby with the stars in her eyes
(Repeat chorus at end, as indicated in melody of mp3
with final lines
'Goodnight Ruby, Goodnight Ruby,
Goodnight Ruby with the stars........in her eyes')
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