Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Sitting out upon the terrace
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Waited on by native hands
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Watch the purple shadows spread
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Like wings across your land
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And drift away into a daydream
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Of a young and handsome man
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In a miliary uniform
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E long time, gone time
Em Em/D A/C#
For the world began
[Chorus 1]
Bm Bmmaj7 Bm7 E7
Sleeping in a twilight that is red and white and blue
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The Dodo and the Dinosaur are waiting for you
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[Verse 2]
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Great white guard, the one who needs him
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Gone the way of Santa Claus
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Missionary soldier boy
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Now worn out by the wars
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And by the cause that you believed in
Bm F#m
When you took the black mans land
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For you thought that you knew better
Em F#m Bm
In the old days, the cold days
Em Em/D A/C#
Before the world began
[Chorus 2]
Bm Bmmaj7 Bm7 E7
Sleeping in a twilight that is red and white and blue
G D Em A D
The Dodo and the Dinosaur are waiting for you
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[Verse 3]
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Empires melt and shadows lengthen
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Banners hang on dusty walls
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The Master and the Mistress
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Bring the servants call
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But nobody comes and so you sit there
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With your bible in your hand
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Did it really hold a rifle
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In the past years, fast years
Em Em/D A/C#
Before the word began
[Chorus 3]
Bm Bmmaj7 Bm7 E7
Sleeping in a twilight that is red and white and blue
G D Em A D
The Dodo and the Dinosaur are waiting for you
D G x2