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