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