Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Sitting out upon the terrace
B
Waited on by native hands
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Watch the purple shadows spread
B
Like wings across your land
D#m A#m
And drift away into a daydream
D#m A#m
Of a young and handsome man
B F#
In a miliary uniform
G#m A#m D#m
G# long time, gone time
G#m G#m/F# C#/F
For the world began
[Chorus 1]
D#m D#mmaj7 D#m7 G#7
Sleeping in a twilight that is red and white and blue
B F# G#m C# F#
The Dodo and the Dinosaur are waiting for you
F# B x2
[Verse 2]
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Great white guard, the one who needs him
B
Gone the way of Santa Claus
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Missionary soldier boy
B
Now worn out by the wars
D#m A#m
And by the cause that you believed in
D#m A#m
When you took the black mans land
B F#
For you thought that you knew better
G#m A#m D#m
In the old days, the cold days
G#m G#m/F# C#/F
Before the world began
[Chorus 2]
D#m D#mmaj7 D#m7 G#7
Sleeping in a twilight that is red and white and blue
B F# G#m C# F#
The Dodo and the Dinosaur are waiting for you
F# B x2
[Verse 3]
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Empires melt and shadows lengthen
B
Banners hang on dusty walls
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The Master and the Mistress
B
Bring the servants call
D#m A#m
But nobody comes and so you sit there
D#m A#m
With your bible in your hand
B F#
Did it really hold a rifle
G#m A#m D#m
In the past years, fast years
G#m G#m/F# C#/F
Before the word began
[Chorus 3]
D#m D#mmaj7 D#m7 G#7
Sleeping in a twilight that is red and white and blue
B F# G#m C# F#
The Dodo and the Dinosaur are waiting for you
F# B x2