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