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Acorde de Wake Up John (Hanging Song) - Fairport Convention

Letra de Wake Up John (Hanging Song)

(intro) Dm A (7x)       

G D F



(verso 1)

A F G A

A priest joins the procession just to help me kneel

Bm C#m D Dm

With a warder at my elbow and another at my heel

A F G A

Marching in the morning down a path I've lately seen

Bm C#m D Dm

I was sleeping in this garden, am I still within my dream?

A F G A

The echo of my heartbeat is the beating of a drum

Bm C#m D Dm

And all the earth is singing with life's sweet hum

A F G A

We filed in solemn silence, shuffled through a door

Bm C#m G A

The place where life is taken for the letter of the law



(Refr�o)

A D E

Shake the holy water, summon up the guard

B A G F#m

Dying's very easy, waiting's very hard



(verso 2)

F#m Bm

A rope was hanging from the roof, a sight which puzzles me

F#m B

I thought a gibbet and a guard would make a gallows tree

E G

But now all is revealed, stamped there is the command

A B

My feet are on the trapdoor with a rope around my hand

A F G A

And now the executioner is shaking hands with me

Bm C#m D Dm

"My duty I must carry out, you poor fellow," says he

A F G A

A rope is tied around my feet and a bag upon my head

Bm C#m D Dm

And then the noose which separates the living from the dead



(Refr�o)



(verso 3)

F#m Bm

There he whispers to me "Have you anything to say?"

F#m Bm

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My mouth is dry, my throat is tight, I answer "Drop away"

E G

Silence now surrounds me, my heart is beating on

A B

The trapdoor hardly moves at all, my life is still my own



(violino solo 8x) A F G A



A F G A

They stand me in a corner with my hands and feet still bound

Bm C#m D Dm

While a carpenter is called for and an explanation found

A F G A

"The rain has warped the timbers," I hear the hangman say

Bm C#m D Dm

"It's funny but it worked well, I tried it yesterday"

F#m Bm

"All is mended now," they say, "your ordeal's nearly over

F#m B

Your life's as good as ended," but I hear their voices waver

E G

Once more the bolt is shaken and again I hang in limbo

A B

While the guards jump on the trapdoor and my body stands on tip-toe



(Refr�o)



(verso 4)

A F G A

They stand me in a corner with my hands and feet still tied

Bm C#m D Dm

A warder holds onto the noose, the trapdoor opens wide

A F G A

Is it magic or coincidence that keeps me on the brink?

Bm C#m D Dm

It seems to work without me, "Will it kill me now?" I think

F#m Bm

"Please, I'm tired of living and I really want to die"

F#m B

I was taken to the scaffold and I heard the hangman cry

E G

"Lee, I'm truly sorry, forgive these hands of mine"

A B

He three\w the bolt and I felt the jolt the third and final time

F#m Bm

My life was spared that morning 'cos it wasn't theirs to take

F#m B

Three's the most the law requires, a man to feel the stake



(Refr�o 2x)

Letra subida por: An�nimo

Discos en los que aparece este acorde: Babbacombe Lee (2004)

El acorde de Wake Up John (Hanging Song) de Fairport Convention es una versi�n de la canci�n original realizada por colaboradores/usuarios de Coveralia.

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