Key: Eb major
Verse 1
D
A
D
A
D
A
The flowers in the valley
Bm
D
A
all bloomed today as one
G
A
And the people of the parish woke to find
D
A
That summer was out walking
D
Em
A
like he'd never been away
G
D
And all the world was in a joyful mind
A
D
And the sun in the valley was golden
A
And the people on the road
D
G
A
were singing under their breath
Em
Songs of sadness,
but singing nonetheless
A
D
G
They were singing under their breath
Am
D
A
D
Songs they had forgotten long ago
G
D
A
G
A
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A
D
A
The old whores of the factory
Bm
A
came tumbling down today
G
A
And the children of the valley went to sea
D
A
And old men stood pondering
Bm
A
and folks began to talk
G
D
A
D
Of what had been an d is and is to be
And the sun, through the ruins,
was golden
And the people of the valley
G
D
A
were dreaming un der that wrath
Em
Only modest dreams,
A
but dreaming nonetheless
D
G
They were dreaming under
A
Am
their breath
D
C
D
Dreams they had for
A
gotten long ago
Bm
A
Many fires on the hilltop
D
G
were lit last night
Bm
A
And the hearts of all men
D
G
D
were blazing at
G
Bm
A
All manner of things were
D
G
thrown upon the pyre
D
Em
We watched them burn until dawn
A
And the children of the morning
D
G
D
A
were grieving under their breath
Em
Not forgetting,
A
but maybe letting go a little
D
G
A
Grieving under their breath
G
D
A
D
For things that they had lost so long ago
You
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