B5 E5 
The strange young man who comes to me 
F#5 B5 
A soldier on a three day spree 
B5 E5 
Who needs one night's cheap ecstasy  
F#5 B5 
And a woman's arms to hide him 


B5 E5 
He greets me with a courtly bow 
F#5 B5 
He hides his pain by acting proud  
B5 E5 
And he drinks too much and he laughs too loud  
F#5 B5 
But, how can I deny him? 


D5 A5 
Let us dance beneath the moon 
E5 B5 
I'll sing to you "Claire de Lune" 
D5 A5 
The morning always comes too soon 
F#5 B5 
But tonight the war is over 


B5 E5 
He speaks to me in schoolboy French 
F#5 B5 
Of a soldier's life inside a trench 
B5 E5 
The look of death, the ghastly stench 
F#5 B5 
I do my best to please him 


B5 E5 
He puts two roses in a vase  
F#5 B5 
Two roses sadly out of place 
B5 E5 
Like the gallant smile on his haggard face  
F#5 B5 
Playfully I tease him 


D5 A5 
Hold me 'neath the Paris sky 
E5 B5 
Let's not talk of how or why 
D5 A5 
Tomorrow's soon enough to die 
F#5 B5 
But tonight the war is over 


B5 E5 
We make love too hard, too fast  
F#5 B5 
He falls asleep, his face a mask 
B5 E5 
He wakes with the shakes and drinks from his flask 
F#5 B5 
I put my arms around him 


B5 E5 
They die in the trenches, they die in the air 
F#5 B5 
In Belgium an Franch the dead are everywhere 
B5 E5 
They die so fast there's no time to prepare 
F#5 B5 
A decent grave to surround them 


D5 A5 
Old World glory and Old World fame 
E5 B5 
The Old World's gone, gone up in flames 
D5 A5 
Nothing will ever be the same 
F#5 B5 
And nothing lasts forever 


B5 E5 
I'd pray for him , but I've forgotten how 
F#5 B5  
And there's nothing, nothing that can save him now 
B5 E5 
There's always another with the same funny bow 
F#5 B5 
And who am I to deny them 


D5 A5 
La, la etc. 
E5 B5 
D A 
F#5 B5 
Tonight the war is over