Key: C major
Verse 1
D
A
They came from the moor
A
G
Past the ruined chapel
F#m
A
and the shadow of the mill
A
Bm
as they rattled down the causeway
A
G
A
That leads to the river
F#m
A
Bm
at the foot of the hill
A
D
Bm
stood in open doorways
D
A
they didn't give a glance
A
Bm
as they ran like the wind
D
A
There were farmers and their wives,
G
F#m
Harvesters with scythes
A
D
A
that could cut you to the bone
D
A
There were carters, weavers,
G
F#m
Some took a partner,
A
D
Bm
shook the frost from their beers
Bm
A
in a military stance
A
Bm
pulled a pint of tailor's ale
D
A
Down on the ri verbank
G
F#m
Except for some Methodists
Bm
A
who wouldn't join the fun
D
A
They'd never seen the likes before,
G
F#m
Come on, it could have been no worse,
A
D
Bm
closed their eyes in meditation
G
Bm
G
Said a little prayer for the
A
G
God send us down from the boat
A
Bm
to show no disapproval
D
A
With a terrifying pine,
G
Bm
Like the Red Sea once had parted,
Bm
D
A
There, clad in hoping,
G
F#m
Bm
Was the ruler of the uni verse,
the one and only God
A
D
Bm
or you'll never get to heaven
A
G
So they put their sternest faces on,
A
Bm
girded up their loins
Bm
D
A
Everyone was having fun,
F#m
A
through their Bibles in the air
D
A
Then they stripped off their clothes,
G
F#m
Rejoicing that their bodies
and their souls
A
Bm
and the riflemen and gunners
Bm
D
A
through the red fields of France
A
D
Bm
fired a thousand gun salutes
G
A
For their other companions in last dance
D
A
In the morning they were gone,
F#m
A
and some bottles on a wall
D
A
Some said they'd caught the early train
F#m
Bm
if they'd been there at all
G
A
But I was up at dawn,
D
Bm
on a hill above the reservoir
Bm
D
A
as they saw me in the distance
G
A
Then, and exhausted,
F#m
G
To sleep, perhaps,
A
D
D
the dream of the last dance
D
D
D
D
You
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