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