Nightmare chords by Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
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Verse 1
(D major) (C major) (D major) (C major) Set (D major) the alarm for half -past five
And its (C major) high -pitched hum
brought me alive (D major) again (C major)
(D major) Dialed the bed into (C major) the wall, (D major) resets
Gaining two more feet of space
in which to (C major) dress
Out of the night spell, out
of the sleep cell,
(G major) into the (D major) tunnel of day
I took the high -speed lift to Gallery 9
and (C major) stood in the mail
on Married Workers Line, Grade (D major) 4
Gave me rank and number to the slot
And drew me daily, what a rash,
and took the lot
(C major) Oh, what a great day!
Oh, what a May Day!
Oh, what a (A major) day to be (D major) young!
The thermostats, they were set for spring
When (C major) I rode the conveyor
to the female wing (D major) of law
Meant to buy the ventilation shaft
Love light (C major) shining (D major) through the
visor of a mask
(C major) Oh, what a great day!
Oh, what a May (G major) day!
Oh, what a day to (D major) be young!
Her hand was in mine
as we made our way
To the (C major) high -speed vertical
Shuttle Bay third (D major) class.
The daytime argon light shone
bleak and hot
When we showed our permits
to the shuttle guard.
(C major) A moment of fear, love,
then we were clear, love,
then we (G major) were movin' (D major) away
We lay in the capsule
and we took our ease
while (C major) the shuttle leveled off
at (D major) about two (C major) G's and (D major) so
(C major) As (D major) the admin wings
the (C major) private (D major) galleries and passed
(C major) The liv (D major) ing quarters
of the citizens first class
(C major) Unfasten your seatbelts,
now we're at topside,
(G major) this is the (D major) eye of the world. (F major)
(D major) At last in the observation tower
we stood (C major) there silent
in the breathless autum (D major) n dawn.
(C major) Saw the (D major) knives of sun come bronze
and gold and green.
Gilding all the face of earth
we'd never seen.
(C major) Don't cover your eyes,
don't turn from the sunrise,
this is (A major) the face of (D major) the earth.
Look how the hills show rosy (C major) red,
and the shag -green scum
of the river bed is (D major) still.
That was once a forest,
those were trees, (G major) (F major) (C major)
(D major) bearing leaves of green
that rustled in the (C major) breeze.
What killed off the trees?
What poisoned the breezes?
(G major) What made the rivers run (D major) dry?
Look at the land
where the green grass grew.
It's (C major) dusted over with
the rusty hue of (D major) death.
There the sea lies
stranded by the shore. (F major)
(D major) No fishes swim there
(C major) and the (D major) seabirds fly no (C major) more.
Who sucked the earth
dry?
Whom made the sea die?
Look what (D major) they've done
with the world.
Cursing (C major) the ones (D major) who gave us birth,
(C major) we turned away from the blighted
earth be (D major) low.
(C major) They gave us breath,
but (D major) rubbed us of the air.
They killed the grass, the (C major) trees,
the (D major) seas,
the rivers everywhere.
The (C major) Earth was our birthright!
Nightmare
Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl
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