french foreign legion ( frank sinatra )
writers : schroeder/wood

G# D#7 G# hold D# till ready :
( comes in with a faded up “le marseilles” * underneath )

verse :
G# G#maj7 G#6
if you turn me down once more ,
D#7 G# D#7
i’ll join the french foreign legion .
G# G#maj7 G#6 Adim7 A#m , D#
bet you , they would welcome me , with open arms .
A#m A#m7
first you love me , yes; then you love me , no
D#7 A#m7 D#7
i don’t know where i stand .
A#m7 Bdim7
do we march together down the aisle?
G#6 Adim7 A#m7 , D#
or do i march that desert sand?

chorus :
G# G#maj7 G#6
if you think i won’t find romance ,
D#7 G# D#7
in the french foreign legion
G# G#maj7 G#6 D#m C#6 G#+ C#6
think about that unif – orm with all its charm
A#m A#m7 – 5 G# F7
just one more time are you gonna be mine , or au revoir cheri
C# D#7 G# , C# , G#
it’s the french foreign legion for me

instrumental to verse chords

then repeat chorus

* le marseilles is the french national anthem
( or the gilbert & sullivan “lord high executioner” song )

: charted by bustopher the busker – bustopher@bigpond . com