Tonart: A major
Verse 1
John, it's time to go
Come along,
John, don't be slow
Wake up,
G
D
F
John, it's time to go
A
A priest joins procession
F
G
A
just to help me kneel
Bm
C#m
With a warner at my elbow and
F#m
F
a mother at my heel
A
Marching in the morning
F
G
A
down a path I've lately seen
Bm
C#m
I was sleeping in his garden,
F#m
F
I stood in my dream
A
The echo of my heartbeat is
F
G
the beating of a drum
A
Bm
C#m
And all the earth is singing
F#m
F
with life's sweet hum
A
We found in soft silence,
F
G
shuffled through a door
A
Bm
C#m
The place where life is taken for
F#m
F
the let ter of the law
D
E
set my lamp to guard,
D
C#m
Dying's very easy,
A
C
B
waiting's very hard.
D
F#m
D
A rope is hanging from the roofside, which covers me,
F#m
B
I thought to give it and a card could make the girls dream.
E
But now all is revealed,
G
standing there is just the man,
F#m
My feet are on the trapdoor with
Bb
A
An d now the executioner is
A
Bm
C#m
My duty I must carry out,
F#m
F
you poor fellows says he
A
The strap is tied around my feet
G
A
and a bag upon my head
Bm
C#m
And then the noose we separates
F#m
F
the living from the dead
D
E
summon up the dead
D
A
C
B
Dying's very easy, waiting's very hard
D
F#m
Fairy whispers to me,
D
have you anything to say?
F#m
My mouth is dry, my throat's tight,
E
Silence now surrounds me,
F#m
B
Bb
A
The trap, the herd, the boot, all my life is still my own
F
G
A
F
G
A
F
G
A
F
G
A
F
G
A
F
G
A
F
G
A
F
G
A
They stand me in a corner with my
F
G
A
hands and feet still bound
Bm
C#m
While the carpenters call for
F#m
F
an explanation found
A
The rain has worked the timbers,
A
Bm
C#m
It's funny but it worked well,
F#m
F
I tried it yesterday
D
now they say it all goes nerdy over
F#m
Your life's as good as ended
B
But I hear their voices waver
E
Once more the boat is shaken,
G
then again I hang in limbo
F#m
With a gauntlet on the trapdoor
B
and my body stands on tiptoe
Bb
A
Shake the holy water,
D
E
summon up the guard
D
A
Dying's very easy,
C
B
waiting's very hard
A
They stand me in a corner with
F
G
my hands and feet still tied
A
Bm
C#m
A warder holds onto the noose,
F#m
F
the trapdoor opens wide
A
Is it magic or coincidence
G
that keeps me on the brink?
A
Bm
C#m
It seems to work without me,
F#m
F
would it kill me now I think?
Oh!
F#m
Days I'm tired of living,
D
and I really want to die
F#m
I was taken to the scaffold,
B
and I heard that my friend cry,
E
Leave, I'm truly sorry,
G
forgive these hands are fine
B
and I'll flood the job for the third and final time
F#m
My life was spread that morning,
D
but it wasn't theirs to take
F#m
To increase the votes that law requires
B
E
G
F#m
B
A man should build a state
Bb
A
Shake the holy water
D
E
Summon up the gods
D
A
Dying's very easy
C
B
Waiting's very hard
Bb
A
Shake the holy water
D
E
Summon up the gods
D
A
C
B
Dine's very easy, waiting's very hard
B
Bb
A
D
Shake the holy water, summon up the
E
God
D
A
Dine's very easy,
C
B
waiting's very hard
B
Bb
A
D
Shake the holy water, summon up the
E
God
D
A
Dying's very easy,
C
B
waiting's very hard
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