Tonalité : A major
Verse 1
A
Wake up,
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 breeze joins the procession
G
A
just to help me kneel
B
C#m
With a hoarder at my elbow and
F#m
F
another at my heel
A
Marching in the morning down
G
a path I've lately seen
A
Bm
C#m
I was sleeping in this garden,
F#m
F
am I still within my dream?
A
The echo of my heartbeat is
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 filed in solemn silence,
G
shuffled through a door
A
B
C#m
The place where life is taken for
F#m
F
the letter of the law
A
Shake the holy water,
D
E
summon up the guard
D
C#m
C
B
Dying's very easy, waiting's very hard
D
F#m
D
A rose is hanging from the roof,
a sign which bustles me
F#m
I thought a gibbet and a card
B
would make gallows three
E
But now all is revealed,
G
scant air is the command
F#m
My feet are on the trapdoor
F#
B
with a rope around my hand
A
An d now the executioner
G
A
is shaking hands with me
B
C#m
My duty I must carry out,
F#m
F
you poor fellow, says he
A
A strap tied around my feet
G
A
and a bag upon my head
Bm
C#m
And then the noose which separates
F#m
F
the living from the dead
A
Shake the holy water,
D
E
summon up the gods
D
C#m
Night's very easy,
C
B
waiting's very hard
D
F#m
Fairy whispers to me,
D
have you anything to say?
F#m
F#
B
My mouth is dry, my throat is tight,
I answer, drop away
E
Silence now surrounds me,
G
my heart is beating on
F#m
The trap door hardly moves at all,
B
my life is still my own
Interlude 1
B
A
G
A
G
A
F
A
G
A
F
G
A
Verse 2
A
They stand me in a corner with my
hands and feet still bound
Bm
C#m
While a carpenter is called for
F#m
F
and an explanation found
A
The rain has warped the timbers,
I hear the hangman say
B
C#m
It's funny but it worked well,
F#m
F
I tried it yesterday
F#m
All is ended,
D
now they say your ordeal's nearly over
F#m
Your life's as good as ended,
B
but I hear their voices waver
E
Once more the malt is showing,
G
and again I hang in limbo
F#m
Other guards jump on the trapdoor
B
and my body stands on tiptoe
A
Shake the holy water,
D
E
summon up the guard
D
C#m
Dying's very easy,
C
B
waiting's very hard
A
They stand me in a corner with
F
A
my hands and feet still tied
B
C#m
A warder holds on to 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
well it killed me now I think
F#m
Please I'm tired of living
D
and I really want to die
F#m
I was taken to the scaffold an
B
d I heard the hangman cry
E
Lee, I'm truly sorry,
G
forgive these hands of mine
F#m
He drew the bolt and I felt the
B
jolt for the and final time
F#m
My life was spared that morning
D
cos it wasn't fair to take
F#m
The breeze, the boat,
B
E
G
F#m
B
the door requires a man to feel the stain
Bb
A
Shake the holy water,
D
E
summon up the gods
D
C#m
Dying's very easy,
A
C
B
waiting's very hard
A
Shake the holy water,
D
E
summon up the gods
D
C#m
Dying's very easy,
A
C
B
waiting's very hard
A
Shake the holy water,
D
E
summon up the guard
D
A
Dying's very easy,
C
B
waiting's very hard
B
A
Shake the holy water,
D
E
summon up the guard
D
C#m
Dying's very easy,
C
B
B
waiting's very hard
A
Shed your holy water,
D
E
summon up the dark.
D
A
B
Life's very easy, waiting's very hard.
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