CAPO: 4th Fret INTRO: G C G C G C G C G C G The sun was shining on the English Channel C G D G G On a ferry off the coast of France C G And it was summer and a pleasant morning C G D G G And high above gulls wheeled and danced C G And high above the cliffs of morning C C The gun emplacements had stood in ranks G C G And I walked over to the railing C G D G G And I heard the ghosts of the Calgary Tanks INSTRUMENTAL: C G C G C G C G D G C G C G And I remembered pictures I'd seen D G G In history books and magazines C G Of three men standing, smoking, staring C G D G G Among the dead men on a rocky beach C G And in the light of that pleasant morning C C As we sailed under the cliffs above G C G I thought of all their silent prayers C G D G G And the final thoughts of the ones they loved C G That they left behind at prairie stations C G D G Waving to their pride and joy C G Waving to the smiling faces C G D G G Smiling faces on the soldier boys C G No waves of grain will claim the fallen C C Just the channel cold and grey as steel G C G And no return to the rolling prairie C G D G And a silent cross on a lonely field INSTRUMENTAL: G C G C G D G C G (2x) CGCGCGCG C G Oh, the sun was shining on the rolling prairie C G D G G Far from the channel, cold and grey C G Shone on the families, friends and lovers C G D G G Of the prairie boys who fell that day C G But they could not know on that sunny morning C C The future held for them no joy G C G They'd wait in vain at prairie stations C G D G G Wait in vain for their soldier boys OUTRO: G C G C G D G