| C | D | G | C | Am | |
| Th | eir h | air was a g | olden-br | own -- | - |
| Am | D | D | B | Em | |
| th | ey didn't see me w | ink my eye. |
| Em | D | C | Em | D | Em | |
| `Tis said they put we men to sleep w | ith just a wh | isper | , |
| C | D | G | C | Am | D | D | B | Em | |
| And t | ouch the heads of d | ying d | ogs - | -- and make them l | inger. |
| Em | D | C | Em | D | Em | |
| Th | ey carry their candles high - | -- and they light the d | ark hours | . |
| C | D | G | C | Am | D | |
| And sw | eep all the c | ountry cl | ean | with pressed and scented w | ild-flowers. |
| Solo (I haven't tried too hard here): |
| |: Em D :|: Am D :| |
| Em | Cmaj7 | Am | C | Em | D | Em | |
| They grow all their roses red | , and p | aint our sk | ies blue --- |
| C | D | G | C | Am | |
| dr | op one p | enny in | every s | econd b | owl --- |
| Am | D | D | B | Em | |
| m | ake half the b | eggars lose, |
| Em | D | C | Em | D | Em | |
| wh | y do the faithful have such a will | to believe in s | omething | ? |
| C | D | G | C | Am | |
| And c | all it the n | ame they cho | ose, |
| Am | D | D | B | Em | |
| having chosen n | othing. |
| Solo (I haven't tried so hard here either): |
| |: Em D :|: Am D :|: D :|: E :| |
| (Something like this for "Think I'll sit down...") |
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| Em | D | C | Em | D | Em | |
| Th | ink I'll sit down and invent some fool --- some | Grand Court | Jeste | r. |
| C | D | G | C | Am | D | D | B | Em | |
| And n | ext t | ime the d | ie is c | ast | , he'll throw a s | ix or two. |
| In and out of the back-door, ran one front-door angel, |
| Her hair was a golden-brown --- she smiled and I think she winked her eye. |