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