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