Key: F major
Verse 1
D
Bm
G
A
Bm
A
Bm
A
Em
Asus4
Em
F#m
G
A
G
A
Bsus4
Bm
A
Stooping men with small round caps,
Em
Bm
Em
A
Ladies in white or big bold hats,
Em
A
G
A
Bearded worthies bowing low
Bsus4
A
F#m
Em
D
G
under tall white towers
Em
G
Bm
D
Children stuck in stiff white collars
Bm
D
Bm
D
listening to earnest scholars
Bm
D
Waiting for the music,
A
Bsus4
Bm
G
Bm
looking at the flowers
D
A
In the great cathedrals
Em
A
Bm
under big round domes
C
Am
Em
Before arcs and statues
Bm
A
in our public homes
Bm
A
D
Asus4
We put on our smiles,
A
Em
pack away our wiles
A
G
Smarten up our styles
A
Em
C
One day a week, one day a week
F#m
B
Bm
Em
We get all meek
Bm
A
Bsus4
A
Fathers, brothers, sisters, mothers
Bm
Em
A
Shaking hands with all the others
Em
A
G
A
Fellow fellows bound together
Bm
Bsus4
A
Em
D
G
in a sacred way
Em
G
Bm
Em
D
Bow their heads in saintly rows
Em
D
Confident that heaven knows
A
D
F#m
When a humble servant
Em
A
Bsus4
F#m
G
Bm
knits his brows to pray
F#m
D
In the great cathedrals
A
Em
A
Bm
under big round domes
C
Am
Em
A
Asus4
before oxen statues.
Em
C
Em
Now one little boy alone in his pew
Em
G
Bored to death with the hereafter
D
G
Looking up and stifling laughter
F#m
C#m
Spies a bird up by her after
A
F#m
Em
That little bird, that tiny bird
He sees that little bird once free
Bm
D
Is every bit as trapped as he
Bm
G
A
Bm
Abm
F#m
C#sus4
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