Tonart: C major
Verse 1
Eb
Bb
They came from the moor
Cm
in the hour after sunset
Bb
Ab
Past the ruined chapel
Gm
Bb
and the shadow of the mill
Eb
Their clogs struck fire
Bb
Cm
as they rattled down the causeway
Bb
Ab
Bb
That leads to the river
Gm
Bb
Cm
at the foot of the hill
Ab
We watched behind the windows,
Bb
Eb
Cm
stood in open doorways
Ab
Called them by name,
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Bb
they didn't give a glance
Ab
Nothing could detain them
Bb
Cm
as they ran like the wind
Ab
To beat their old neighbours
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Bb
There were farmers and their wives,
Cm
shepherds with their collies
Ab
Gm
Harvesters with scythes
Bb
Eb
Bb
that could cut you to the bone
Eb
Bb
There were carters, weavers,
Cm
butchers waving cleavers
Ab
Gm
Some took a partner,
Ab
Then the quarrymen stepped forward,
Bb
Eb
Cm
shook the frost from their beers
Ab
Shouldered their hammers
Cm
Bb
in a military stance
Ab
Each from his pocket
Bb
Cm
pulled a pint of tailor's ale
Ab
To drink her aunt's brown
Eb
Bb
Down on the ri verbank
Cm
everyone was rocking
Ab
Gm
Except for some Methodists
Cm
Bb
who wouldn't join the fun
Eb
Bb
They'd never seen the likes before,
Cm
the dregs of all humanity
Ab
Gm
Come on, it could have been no worse,
Cm
they wondered why they'd come
Ab
So they all took out their Bibles,
Bb
Eb
Cm
closed their eyes in meditation
Ab
Cm
Ab
Said a little prayer for the
Eb
sin ners as they pranced
Bb
Ab
God send us down from the boat
Bb
Cm
to show no disapproval
Ab
They were damned if they were joining
Eb
Bb
With a terrifying pine,
Cm
the firmament split open
Ab
Cm
Like the Red Sea once had parted,
Bb
the touch of Bozer's rod
Cm
Eb
Bb
There, clad in hoping,
Cm
but whiskers and a nightshirt
Ab
Gm
Cm
Was the ruler of the uni verse,
the one and only God
Ab
He said, Dance, you boogers, dance,
Bb
Eb
Cm
or you'll never get to heaven
Ab
The Methodists were doubtful,
Cm
but they couldn't take the chance
Bb
Ab
So they put their sternest faces on,
Bb
Cm
girded up their loins
Ab
And went bravely, like martyrs,
Cm
Eb
Bb
Everyone was having fun,
Cm
especially the Methodists
Ab
They shouted Hallelujah
Gm
Bb
through their Bibles in the air
Eb
Bb
Then they stripped off their clothes,
Ab
Gm
Rejoicing that their bodies
and their souls
Ab
Then the pipers and the drummers
Bb
Cm
and the riflemen and gunners
Ab
Who'd last been seen a -waltzing
Cm
Eb
Bb
through the red fields of France
Ab
Took aim at the moon,
Bb
Eb
Cm
fired a thousand gun salutes
Ab
Bb
For their other companions in last dance
Eb
Bb
In the morning they were gone,
Cm
the riverbank was empty
Gm
Bb
and some bottles on a wall
Eb
Bb
Some said they'd caught the early train
Cm
To Bradford or to Manchester
Gm
Cm
if they'd been there at all
Ab
Bb
But I was up at dawn,
Eb
Cm
on a hill above the reservoir
Ab
The last stragglers waved
Cm
Eb
Bb
as they saw me in the distance
Ab
Bb
Then, and exhausted,
Cm
they slip beneath the water
Gm
Ab
To sleep, perhaps,
Bb
Eb
Eb
the dream of the last dance
Eb
Eb
Eb
Eb
You
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TunerE A D G B E
Akkorde & SongtexteEb Bb Cm Ab Gm
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