Intro
A D x2
[Verse 1]
A
Sitting out upon the terrace
D
Waited on by native hands
A
Watch the purple shadows spread
D
Like wings across your land
F#m C#m
And drift away into a daydream
F#m C#m
Of a young and handsome man
D A
In a miliary uniform
Bm C#m F#m
B long time, gone time
Bm Bm/A E/G#
For the world began
[Chorus 1]
F#m F#mmaj7 F#m7 B7
Sleeping in a twilight that is red and white and blue
D A Bm E A
The Dodo and the Dinosaur are waiting for you
A D x2
[Verse 2]
A
Great white guard, the one who needs him
D
Gone the way of Santa Claus
A
Missionary soldier boy
D
Now worn out by the wars
F#m C#m
And by the cause that you believed in
F#m C#m
When you took the black mans land
D A
For you thought that you knew better
Bm C#m F#m
In the old days, the cold days
Bm Bm/A E/G#
Before the world began
[Chorus 2]
F#m F#mmaj7 F#m7 B7
Sleeping in a twilight that is red and white and blue
D A Bm E A
The Dodo and the Dinosaur are waiting for you
A D x2
[Verse 3]
A
Empires melt and shadows lengthen
D
Banners hang on dusty walls
A
The Master and the Mistress
D
Bring the servants call
F#m C#m
But nobody comes and so you sit there
F#m C#m
With your bible in your hand
D A
Did it really hold a rifle
Bm C#m F#m
In the past years, fast years
Bm Bm/A E/G#
Before the word began
[Chorus 3]
F#m F#mmaj7 F#m7 B7
Sleeping in a twilight that is red and white and blue
D A Bm E A
The Dodo and the Dinosaur are waiting for you
A D x2