Tonalité : F minor
Verse 1
Em
G
Em
D#
Em
The village
D#
square stands silent,
Em
G
with the curfew still in force.
G#
The streets are even clearer
C
Em
of dogs and horns.
Like an evil bird of prey,
G
the scaffold spreads its wings.
G#
The people build their fires
C
Em
and bolt their doors
C
The mayor is giving dinner
D
to the officers and wives
C
D
His eldest son is learning how to form
C
The barrack block is host and tense,
D
the soldiers drawing lots
C
G
D
Who will be the hangman in the dawn?
Em
The lot falls on a young man
G
who has served for but a year
C
Em
His home is in the village close nearby
He shivers at the thought
G
of what he's forced to do next day
Am
C
Em
And he wonders who it is that has to die
C
The full moon casts a cold light
D
on the gloomy prison walls
C
D
The papist walks his cell, he cannot sleep
C
He hears the waiting gallows
creaking
D
just beyond the door
C
G
He prays for he has no
D
more tears to weep
Em
The day begins to break,
G
the muffled drums begin to sound
Am
C
Em
The crowd begins to gather in the square
The presence of the hangman
G
in his terrifying mask
Am
C
Weighs heavy on the mind
Em
s of all those there
C
The colonel reads the sentence
D
which the papist knows by heart
C
He has failed to show allegiance to the king
D
C
His crime is thus with God himself,
D
in his name he must hang
C
G
D
The paper's kettle high, says not a thing
Em
The jailer binds his hands,
G
puts the blindfold to his eyes
Am
C
He leads him through the door,
Em
before the crowd
The hangman sees his victim,
G
and the blood drains from his face
Am
He sees his younger
C
Em
brother standing proud
C
The hangman tries to protest,
D
but is ordered to proceed
C
His trembling hands begin
D
to take the strain
C
His eyes are blind with
streaming tears,
D
he cries for all to hear
C
Forgive me God,
G
D
we hang him in thy name
C
Forgive me God,
G
D
we hang him in thy name
C
Forgive me God,
G
D
we hang him in thy name
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