Brigade Of Broken Hearts:Paul Evans.
DNC on LONDON Records in 1960.
Intro: C#
#1.
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The general is a man whose true love ran away.
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The colonel found his sweetheart in another's
arms.
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The captain also learned that love just doesn't
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pay..and now that I have lost your charms..
F# C#
I think I'll join the brigade, the brigade of
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broken hearts..where instead of reveille they
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play the blues.
F# C#
We never won a war in the battle of l'amour..
G# C#
the brigade of broken hearts.
#2.
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You said you'd always love me and that I would
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be..the only one whose arms would ever hold you near.
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But then last night your lips and arms deserted me..
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here comes another volunteer..
F# C#
to sign up for the brigade, the brigade of broken
hearts.
G# C#
Where instead of reveille they play the blues.
F# C#
We never won a war in the battle of l'amour..
G# C#
the brigade of broken hearts.
(INTERLUDE:) F# C# G# C# D
#3.
D
Instead of rifles they all carry handkerchiefs..so, they
A
can wipe away each sad and lonely tear.
A
I better get another dozen handkerchiefs..I'm the biggest
D
loser of the year.
G D
I'm gonna join the brigade, the brigade of broken hearts..
A D
where instead of reveille they play the blues.
G D A
We never won a war in the battle of l'amour..the brigade
D
of broken hearts.
OUTRO: G D A D(x2)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.