Wake Up John (Hanging Song) chords by Fairport Convention
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Verse 1
Wake (G major) up,
John, it's time to go
Come along,
John, don't be slow
Wake up,
John, it's time to go (F major) (C major) (E flat major)
A priest (G major) joins procession
just (E flat major) to help (F major) me (G major) kneel
With a (A minor) warner at my (B minor) elbow and
a (E minor) mother at my (E flat major) heel
March (G major) ing in the morning
down a path (E flat major) I've (F major) lately seen (G major)
I was (A minor) sleeping in his garden, (B minor)
I stood (E minor) in my (E flat major) dream
The (G major) echo of my heartbeat is
the beat (E flat major) ing of (F major) a drum
(G major) And (A minor) all the earth is (B minor) singing
with life's (E minor) sweet hum (E flat major)
We found (G major) in soft silence,
(E flat major) shuffled through (F major) a door
(G major) The (A minor) place where life is (B minor) taken for
the (E minor) let ter of the law (E flat major)
Shake (G major) the holy water,
(C major) set my lamp to (D major) guard,
(C major) Dying's very easy, (B minor)
(G major) (B flat major) waiting's very hard. (A major)
(C major) A rope (E minor) is hanging from the (C major) roofside, which covers me,
I (E minor) thought to give it and a card (A major) could make the girls dream.
But now (D major) all is revealed,
standing there (F major) is just the man,
My (E minor) feet are on the trapdoor with
a rope (A major) around my hand
An (A flat major) d (G major) now the executioner is
shaking hand (F major) s with me
(G major) My (A minor) duty I must (B minor) carry out,
you (E minor) poor fellows says (E flat major) he
The (G major) strap is tied around my feet
and a bag upon (F major) my (G major) head
And (A minor) then the noose we sep (B minor) arates
the (E minor) living from the (E flat major) dead
Shake (G major) the holy water,
(C major) summon up the (D major) dead
Dying's (C major) very easy, (G major) (B flat major) waiting's very hard (A major)
(C major) Fairy (E minor) whispers to me,
(C major) have you anything to say?
My mouth (E minor) is dry, my throat's tight,
(A major) I answer, drop away
Silence (D major) now surrounds me,
my heart (F major) is beating on
The trap, (E minor) the herd, the boot, all my life (A major) is still my own (A flat major) (G major)
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(E flat major) (F major) (G major) (E flat major) (F major) (G major)
(E flat major) (F major) (G major) (E flat major) (F major)
(G major) They stand me in a corner with my
(E flat major) hands and (F major) feet still (G major) bound
While the (A minor) carpenters call (B minor) for
an ex (E minor) planation found (E flat major)
The rain (G major) has worked the timbers,
I hear the hang (F major) man say
(G major) It's (A minor) funny but it worked (B minor) well,
I (E minor) tried it yester (E flat major) day
All (E minor) is ended,
now they (C major) say it all goes nerdy over
Your life's (E minor) as good as ended
But (A major) I hear their voices waver
Once (D major) more the boat is shaken,
then again (F major) I hang in limbo
With a (E minor) gauntlet on the trapdoor
and my (A major) body stands on tiptoe
(A flat major) Shake (G major) the holy water,
(C major) summon up the (D major) guard
Dying's (C major) very easy, (G major)
(B flat major) waiting's very hard (A major)
They (G major) stand me in a corner with
my (E flat major) hands and feet (F major) still tied
(G major) A (A minor) warder holds onto (B minor) the noose,
the (E minor) trapdoor opens (E flat major) wide
Is it ma (G major) gic or coincidence
that keeps me (F major) on the brink?
(G major) It seems (A minor) to work without (B minor) me,
would it kill (E minor) me now I (E flat major) think?
Oh!
(E minor) Days I'm tired of living,
(C major) and I really want to die
I was (E minor) taken to the scaffold,
and (A major) I heard that my friend cry,
Leave, (D major) I'm truly sorry,
forgive (F major) these hands are fine
Be (E minor) true to both,
and I'll flood the job for the (A major) third and final time
My (E minor) life was spread that morning,
(C major) but it wasn't theirs to take
To increase (E minor) the votes that law requires
(A major) A man should build a state (D major) (F major) (E minor) (A major)
(A flat major) Shake (G major) the holy water
Summon (C major) up the (D major) gods
Dying's (C major) very easy (G major)
Waiting's (B flat major) very hard (A major)
(A flat major) Shake (G major) the holy water
Summon (C major) up the (D major) gods
Dine's (C major) very easy, (G major) (B flat major) waiting's very hard (A major)
(A major) Shake (A flat major) (G major) the holy water, (C major) summon up the
God (D major)
Dine's (C major) very easy, (G major)
(B flat major) waiting's very hard (A major)
(A major) Shake (A flat major) (G major) the holy water, (C major) summon up the
(D major) God
Dying's (C major) very easy, (G major)
(B flat major) waiting's very hard (A major)
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Wake Up John (Hanging Song)
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