Hanging Song chords by Fairport Convention
Verse 1
G
Wake up,
John, it's time to go.
Come along,
John, don't be slow.
Wake up,
F
C
Eb
John, it's time to go.
G
A breeze joins the procession
F
G
just to help me kneel
A
Bm
With a hoarder at my elbow and
Em
Eb
another at my heel
G
Marching in the morning down
F
a path I've lately seen
G
Am
Bm
I was sleeping in this garden,
Em
Eb
am I still within my dream?
G
The echo of my heartbeat is
F
the beating of a drum
G
Am
Bm
And all the earth is singing
Em
Eb
with life's sweet hum
G
We filed in solemn silence,
F
shuffled through a door
G
A
Bm
The place where life is taken for
Em
Eb
the letter of the law
G
Shake the holy water,
C
D
summon up the guard
C
Bm
Bb
A
Dying's very easy, waiting's very hard
C
Em
C
A rose is hanging from the roof,
a sign which bustles me
Em
I thought a gibbet and a card
A
would make gallows three
D
But now all is revealed,
F
scant air is the command
Em
My feet are on the trapdoor
E
A
with a rope around my hand
G
And now the executioner
F
G
is shaking hands with me
A
Bm
My duty I must carry out,
Em
Eb
you poor fellow, says he
G
A strap tied around my feet
F
G
and a bag upon my head
Am
Bm
And then the noose which separates
Em
Eb
the living from the dead
G
Shake the holy water,
C
D
summon up the gods
C
Bm
Night's very easy,
Bb
A
waiting's very hard
C
Em
Fairy whispers to me,
C
have you anything to say?
Em
E
A
My mouth is dry, my throat is tight,
I answer, drop away
D
Silence now surrounds me,
F
my heart is beating on
Em
The trap door hardly moves at all,
A
my life is still my own
Interlude 1
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G
F
G
F
G
Eb
G
F
G
Eb
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G
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Verse 2
G
They stand me in a corner with my
hands and feet still bound
Am
Bm
While a carpenter is called for
Em
Eb
and an explanation found
G
The rain has warped the timbers,
I hear the hangman say
A
Bm
It's funny but it worked well,
Em
Eb
I tried it yesterday
Em
All is ended,
C
now they say your ordeal's nearly over
Em
Your life's as good as ended,
A
but I hear their voices waver
D
Once more the malt is showing,
F
and again I hang in limbo
Em
Other guards jump on the trapdoor
A
and my body stands on tiptoe
G
Shake the holy water,
C
D
summon up the guard
C
Bm
Dying's very easy,
Bb
A
waiting's very hard
G
They stand me in a corner with
Eb
G
my hands and feet still tied
A
Bm
A warder holds on to the noose,
Em
Eb
the trapdoor opens wide
G
Is it magic or coincidence
F
that keeps me on the brink?
G
Am
Bm
It seems to work without me,
Em
Eb
well it killed me now I think
Em
Please I'm tired of living
C
and I really want to die
Em
I was taken to the scaffold an
A
d I heard the hangman cry
D
Lee, I'm truly sorry,
F
forgive these hands of mine
Em
He drew the bolt and I felt the
A
jolt for the and final time
Em
My life was spared that morning
C
cos it wasn't fair to take
Em
The breeze, the boat,
A
D
F
Em
A
the door requires a man to feel the stain
Ab
G
Shake the holy water,
C
D
summon up the gods
C
Bm
Dying's very easy,
G
Bb
A
waiting's very hard
G
Shake the holy water,
C
D
summon up the gods
C
Bm
Dying's very easy,
G
Bb
A
waiting's very hard
G
Shake the holy water,
C
D
summon up the guard
C
G
Dying's very easy,
Bb
A
waiting's very hard
A
G
Shake the holy water,
C
D
summon up the guard
C
Bm
Dying's very easy,
Bb
A
A
waiting's very hard
G
Shed your holy water,
C
D
summon up the dark.
C
G
A
Life's very easy, waiting's very hard.
Hanging Song
Fairport Convention
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