Biography:
The Divine Comedy is a baroque pop band now based in Dublin, Ireland, fronted by Neil Hannon.
Neil Hannon, Originally from Derry, has been the only ever-present member of the band, being its founder in 1989 when he was joined by John McCullagh and Kevin Traynor. Their first album, the heavily R.E.M.-influenced and now-deleted Fanfare for the Comic Muse, enjoyed little success though. A couple of equally unsuccessful EPs - Timewatch (1991); Europop (1992) - were to follow
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Other songs:
- Catherine The Great
- Funny Peculiar
- Have You Ever Been In Love
- How Can You Leave Me On My Own
- I Joined The Foreign Legion (to Forget)
- Neapolitan Girl
- A Desperate Man
- A Lady Of A Certain Age
- Absent Friends
- At The Indie Disco
- Bad Ambassador
- Becoming More Like Alfie
- Come Home Billy Bird
- Down In The Streets Below
- Everyone Knows Except You
- Eye Of The Needle
- I Joined The Foreign Legion To Forget
- I Like
- If
- Love What You Do
- Mastermind
- Mother Dear
- National Express
- Our Mutual Friend
- Perfect Lovesong
- Songs Of Love
- Summerhouse
- Sunrise
- The Light Of Day
- The Pact
- To Die A Virgin
- To The Rescue
- Tonight We Fly
- Woman Of The World
- Your Daddys Car
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I Joined The Foreign Legion (To Forget)
The Divine Comedy
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[Intro]
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Am Bm7 Cmaj7 D6
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[Verse 1]
Cmaj7 D6
I joined the Foreign Legion
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One Thursday, cold and wet
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I think it was December
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But you must remember
[Chorus 1]
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I joined the Foreign Legion to forget
Joined the Foreign Legion
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Joined the Foreign Legion
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I joined the Foreign Legion
[Verse 2]
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I joined the Foreign Legion
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La Légion Étrangère
Am Bm7
One sultry day in July
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Back when I still knew why
[Chorus 2]
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I joined the Foreign Legion anyway
Joined the Foreign Legion
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Joined the Foreign Legion
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I joined the Foreign Legion
[Solo]
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[Verse 3]
Cmaj7 D6
I joined the Foreign Legion
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Became a legionnaire
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We marched to far off regions
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To forts we'd be besieged in
[Chorus 3]
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Then one day I forgot why I was theeeeeeeere
[Verse 4]
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I joined the Foreign Legion
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Somebody to forget
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She said I'd find it easier
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If I had amnesia
[Chorus 4]
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Who she was, I do not recollect
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I joined the Foreign Legion to forget
Joined the Foreign Legion
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I joined the Foreign Legion
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To forget
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I joined the Foreign Legion
[Outro]
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The Divine Comedy
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[Intro]
Cmaj7 D6 Bm Bm7 Em
Am Bm7 Cmaj7 D6
Gmaj7 Emadd9
Gmaj7 Emadd9
[Verse 1]
Cmaj7 D6
I joined the Foreign Legion
Bm Bm7 Em
One Thursday, cold and wet
Am Bm7
I think it was December
Cmaj7 D6
But you must remember
[Chorus 1]
Gmaj7 Emadd9
I joined the Foreign Legion to forget
Joined the Foreign Legion
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Joined the Foreign Legion
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I joined the Foreign Legion
[Verse 2]
Cmaj7 D6
I joined the Foreign Legion
Bm Bm7 Em
La Légion Étrangère
Am Bm7
One sultry day in July
Cmaj7 D6
Back when I still knew why
[Chorus 2]
Gmaj7 Emadd9
I joined the Foreign Legion anyway
Joined the Foreign Legion
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Joined the Foreign Legion
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I joined the Foreign Legion
[Solo]
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[Verse 3]
Cmaj7 D6
I joined the Foreign Legion
Bm Bm7 Em
Became a legionnaire
Am Bm7
We marched to far off regions
Cmaj7 D6
To forts we'd be besieged in
[Chorus 3]
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Then one day I forgot why I was theeeeeeeere
[Verse 4]
Cmaj7 D6
I joined the Foreign Legion
Bm Bm7 Em
Somebody to forget
Am Bm7
She said I'd find it easier
Cmaj7 D6
If I had amnesia
[Chorus 4]
Gmaj7 Emadd9
Who she was, I do not recollect
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I joined the Foreign Legion to forget
Joined the Foreign Legion
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I joined the Foreign Legion
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To forget
Joined the Foreign Legion
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I joined the Foreign Legion
[Outro]
Gmaj7 Emadd9 (repeat until end)
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