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