Rosemarys Sister

Fairport Convention

 CC/BAMFGC
 mother of disaster and sister of our fate
 CFG
do you recall the tragedy we see
 CC/BAMFGAM
 father of confusion and brother of debate
 FGC
do you recall the sister of rosemary

 FG
The doodlebugs were flying
 CC/BAM
the blitz was at its high
 FCAMG
 rosemary lay sleeping with her sister inly five
 CC/BAM
and no one heard the One that hit
 FGAM
the one that blew the lid
 FCFGC
rosemary came out crying and her sister never did

Pre chorus

 CAMGC
And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
 AMCFG
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain

Chorus

 CC/BAM
And high above the heavens
 FGAM
on a host of angels wings
 CFGC
 rosemarys sister will be dancing

VERSE 2

 CC/BAMFGC
her mother cried all that year as many others did
 CFG
she pulled thru for a moment now and then
 CC/BAMFGAM
and the people down in bethnal street in the rubble of the storm
 FGC
swept up their lives and started on again

 FGCC/BAM
when tyranny is biting you do your best to try
 FCAMG
to stifle all the heart ache till its safe again to cry
 CC/BAMFGAM
and when at last the darkness clears and the sun comes shining thru
 FGC
we'll dust it off and start in on a' new

Pre chorus

 CAMGC
And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
 AMCFG
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain

Chorus

 CC/BAM
And high above the heavens
 FGAM
on a host of angels wings
 CFGC
 rosemarys sister will be dancing

VERSE 3

 CC/BAM
theres a teacher in the classroom
 FGC
theres mothers in the hall
 CFG
 children sit and wait for the bell for home
 CC/BAMFGAM
 rosemary is waiting she's a child now of her own
 FGC
she's waiting to collect and take her home

 FGCC/BAM
But sometimes in the silence in the firelight where she sits
 FCAMG
her mind goes back to bethnal street to the darkenss and the blitz
 CC/BAM
and she knows if theres another one
F B AM PAUSE
then the end will be complete
 FGC
i wonder what theyd say in bethnal street

Pre chorus

 CAMGC
And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
 AMCFG
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain

Chorus

 CC/BAM
And high above the heavens
 FGAM
on a host of angels wings
 CFGC
 rosemarys sister will be dancing

for any inerludes its just the intro repeated agin really with some fiddly bits added.
this is a really basic version and i have no idea what key it is actually played in-
iv heard about 10 versions all different but C works well- as does D.
Questions just email me - we-rock-hell-yeah@hotmail.co.uk

tabbed by nex


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