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