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