Key: F major
Verse 1
Db
Bbm
Gb
Ab
Bbm
Ab
Bbm
Ab
Ebm
Absus4
Ebm
Fm
Gb
Ab
Gb
Ab
Bbsus4
Bbm
Ab
Stooping men with small round caps,
Ebm
Bbm
Ebm
Ab
Ladies in white or big bold hats,
Ebm
Ab
Gb
Ab
Bearded worthies bowing low
Bbsus4
Ab
Fm
Ebm
Db
Gb
under tall white towers
Ebm
Gb
Bbm
Db
Chil dren stuck in stiff white col lars
Bbm
Db
Bbm
Db
listening to earnest scholars
Bbm
Db
Waiting for the music,
Ab
Bbsus4
Bbm
Gb
Bbm
looking at the flowers
Db
Ab
In the great cathedrals
Ebm
Ab
Bbm
under big round domes
B
Abm
Ebm
Before arcs and statues
Bbm
Ab
in our public homes
Bbm
Ab
Db
Absus4
We put on our smiles,
Ab
Ebm
pack away our wiles
Ab
Gb
Smarten up our styles
Ab
Ebm
B
One day a week, one day a week
Fm
Bb
Bbm
Ebm
We get all meek
Bbm
Ab
Bbsus4
Ab
Fathers, brothers, sisters, mothers
Bbm
Ebm
Ab
Shaking hands with all the others
Ebm
Ab
Gb
Ab
Fellow fellows bound together
Bbm
Bbsus4
Ab
Ebm
Db
Gb
in a sacred way
Ebm
Gb
Bbm
Ebm
Db
Bow their heads in saintly rows
Ebm
Db
Confident that heaven knows
Ab
Db
Fm
When a humble servant
Ebm
Ab
Bbsus4
Fm
Gb
Bbm
knits his brows to pray
Fm
Db
In the great cathedrals
Ab
Ebm
Ab
Bbm
under big round domes
B
Abm
Ebm
Ab
Absus4
before oxen statues.
Ebm
B
Ebm
Now one little boy alone in his pew
Ebm
Gb
Bored to death with the hereafter
Db
Gb
Looking up and stifling laughter
Fm
Cm
Spies a bird up by her after
Ab
Fm
Ebm
That little bird, that tiny bird
He sees that little bird once free
Bbm
Db
Is every bit as trapped as he
Bbm
Gb
Ab
Bbm
Gm
Fm
Csus4
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