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