The Terror Time chords by Windborne

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Verse 1
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The  (A major) heather will fade
and the bracken will die
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 (G major) Stream (A major) s will run cold an (G major) d  clear
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An (D major) d  the small birds will be going
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G 
 (A major) And it's then that you will be  (G major) knowing
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D 
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 (A major) that the terror time  (D major) is  (A major) near.
Where will you turn now,
and where will you bide,
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now that the work's all  (G major) done?  (A major) 
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D 
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 (G major) For  (D major) the farmer doesn't need  (A major) you,
and the council will not heed you.
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A 
And the terror time  (D major) has  (A major) come
The woods give no shelter,
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and the trees are all  (D major) bare
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Em 
Snows  (A major) falling all around,  (E minor) 
A 
 (A major) and the children,
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A 
 (D major) are cry (A major) ing for the bed on which they are lying.
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It's frozen to  (G major) the  (A major) ground
The frost won't lift
and the stove won't draw
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There's ice in the water (G major) ,
D 
churn in the  (D major) mud
and snow you're sloshing,
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Em 
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Em 
 (A major) trying to do your bit of  (E minor) wash  (G major)  (E minor) ing.
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D 
 (A major) And the kindling won't  (G major)  (A major)  (D major) burn
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When  (A major) you need the warmth
D 
of your own human (D major) kind
A 
You  (A major) pull near a town,
G 
 (G major) but then they say the
D 
 (D major) sight of you's offending
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Em 
G 
 (A major) And the police they are  (G major) send (E minor) ing  (G major) 
A 
 (A major) And you're on the road again
The leather will fade
D 
and the bracken will  (D major) die.
A 
G 
Stream (A major) s will run cold and  (G major) clear
D 
A 
D 
A 
an (D major) d  the small  (A major) birds will be  (D major) go  (A major) ing.
And it's then that you will
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Em 
be know (G major) ing  (E minor) 
A 
G 
D 
 (A major) That the terror time  (G major) is  (D major) near.