Chords for Robin Laing - The Summer Of 46

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Summer [Am] was a long one, _ _ [F] _ always on [C] the run _
_ _ [F] _ Moving through [C] the moonlit night, _ [Dm] _ resting in [G] the sun
_ Say [C] that [Am] you were cheerful, _ [F] like a child in chasing [C] play
_ Or [F] a gambler guessing [C] recklessly [G] when someone else [C] will pay
_ _ _ Through the [Am] western highlands, _ [F] _ round the western _
[C] isles
[F] An adventure trail [C] through beauty [Dm] over countless [G] weary miles
_ _ [C] _ Slipping [Am] like a shadow into [F] legend out of [C] chance
_ _ [F] _ Watching for [C] the tall _ [G] ghostly sailing ships [C] from France
We are all young _ _ pretenders, [F] _ looking [C] for a sign
_ [F] On a [C] troubled journey through the landscape of [G] the mind
_ [C] We're looking to the future, _ [F] _ trying [C] hard to find
[F] A pathway and [C] a promise, _ [G] and the hope of [C] better times
_ Say that [Am] you were happy, always [F] keen to take a [C] dram
A [F] bottle, the _ [C] companion, [Dm] always nearest _ [G] to your hand
_ [C] Perhaps to [Am] dull the memory, _ _ [F] _ take away [C] the sound
[F] The cries of young [C] men dying [G] on the blood-stained [C] ground
_ That summer must [Am] have changed you [Dm] in _ [F] fundamental [C] _ ways
_ [F] _ Formed a pattern [C] and the script [Dm] for your remaining [G] _ days
_ [C] Some men are most [Am] attracted to [F] a cause that can't [C] be won
_ [F] Life has many _ [C] flickering ghosts to [G] make us hide [C] and run
_ We are all young _ pretenders, _ [F] _ looking for [C] a sign
_ [F] On a [C] troubled journey through the landscape of the [G] mind
_ [C] We're looking to the future, _ _ [F] trying [C] hard to find
A [F] pathway [C] and a promise, and [G] the hope of better [C] _ times _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _