Key: A major
Verse 1
John, it's time to go.
Come along,
John, don't be slow.
Wake up,
G
D
F
John, it's time to go.
G
A
just to help me kneel
B
C#m
With a hoarder at my elbow and
F#m
F
another at my heel
A
Bm
C#m
I was sleeping in this garden,
F#m
F
am I still within my dream?
A
Bm
C#m
And all the earth is singing
F#m
F
with life's sweet hum
A
B
C#m
The place where life is taken for
F#m
F
the letter of the law
D
E
summon up the guard
D
C#m
C
B
Dying's very easy, waiting's very hard
D
F#m
D
A rose is hanging from the roof,
a sign which bustles me
F#
B
with a rope around my hand
G
A
is shaking hands with me
B
C#m
My duty I must carry out,
F#m
F
you poor fellow, says he
G
A
and a bag upon my head
Bm
C#m
And then the noose which separates
F#m
F
the living from the dead
D
E
summon up the gods
D
C#m
Night's very easy,
C
B
waiting's very hard
D
F#m
Fairy whispers to me,
F#m
F#
B
My mouth is dry, my throat is tight,
I answer, drop away
Interlude 1
B
A
G
A
G
A
F
A
G
A
F
G
A
Verse 2
hands and feet still bound
Bm
C#m
While a carpenter is called for
F#m
F
and an explanation found
I hear the hangman say
B
C#m
It's funny but it worked well,
F#m
F
I tried it yesterday
D
E
summon up the guard
D
C#m
Dying's very easy,
C
B
waiting's very hard
F
A
my hands and feet still tied
B
C#m
A warder holds on to the noose,
F#m
F
the trapdoor opens wide
A
Bm
C#m
It seems to work without me,
F#m
F
well it killed me now I think
B
E
G
F#m
B
the door requires a man to feel the stain
Bb
A
Shake the holy water,
D
E
summon up the gods
D
C#m
Dying's very easy,
A
C
B
waiting's very hard
D
E
summon up the gods
D
C#m
Dying's very easy,
A
C
B
waiting's very hard
D
E
summon up the guard
D
A
Dying's very easy,
C
B
waiting's very hard
B
A
Shake the holy water,
D
E
summon up the guard
D
C#m
Dying's very easy,
C
B
B
waiting's very hard
D
E
summon up the dark.
D
A
B
Life's very easy, waiting's very hard.
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TunerE A D G B E
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