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