Verse
Am C D
Through Cropredy in Oxfordshire, the Cherwell takes its course
G C D
And the willows weep into its waters clear
G C D G
My name it is Will Tims, it's here that I was born
C D G
Raised in faith, my King and god to fear
[Verse]
Am C D
In sixteen forty-four, the King in Oxford Town did dwell
G C D
Though we'd heard that Cromwell's army was nearby
G C D G
It did not occur to me that little Cropredy
C D G
Could be witness to the meeting of both sides
[Verse]
Am C D
On June the 29th that year, I was about my work
G C D
Cutting hedges in a meadow by the stream
G C D G
My blade slipped, I cut my hand, my own dear blood did flow
C D G
Upon the brown earth and the corn still green
[Verse]
Am C D
Now it did distress me so to watch my own blood flow
G C D
And quickly soak into the greedy ground
G C D G
In red and gold my colours swam and sweat broke on my brow
C D G
Faint, I knew that I must lay me down
[Chorus]
G D C D G
Red and Gold are royal colours
Em C D
Peasant colours are green and brown
G C G Em
Green is the corn in the brown earth when it's growing
C G D G
Red and gold when the harvest is cut down
[Verse]
Am C D
At first I thought the thundering was just inside my head
G C D
So I raised myself above the hedge to see
G C D G
And I watched as in a dream, as the armies fought downstream
C D G
The Battle for the Bridge at Cropredy
[Verse]
Am C D
Now the King's men fought in red and gold, though Cromwell's men were plainer
G C D
The blood they spilled was coloured just the same
G C D G
Through the hedgerow's fragile cover, I saw brother killing brother
C D G
And all of this was done in Jesus' name
[Chorus]
D C D G
Red and Gold are royal colours
Em C D
Peasant colours are green and brown
G C G Em
Green is the corn in the brown earth when it's growing
C G D G
Red and gold when the harvest is cut down
[Verse]
Am C D
All that day and all the next, the battle it was raging
G C D
Though when darkness came, I slipped away
G C D G
But the crying of the dying kept me wakeful and just lying
C D G
In my bed until the dawning of the day
[Bridge]
D G
And the dreams I had were red and gold
C G D
And the little stream became a flood
G C G Em
From all my brothers killing one another
C G D G
Till waking, I realised, it was all my own dear blood
[Instrumental]
G C D G Em C D
G C G Em C G D G
[Verse]
Am C D
Some were buried in the church and some just where they fell
G C D
With no markers to declare their place of rest
G C D G
But the poppies they do grow where they were never sown
C D G
And to my mind they do declare it best
[Verse]
Am C D
And each year when the green corn once again turns into gold
G C D
And the poppies in the field again remind me
G C D G
Like the scar upon my hand and the blood spilled on this land
C D G
And the hungry earth so eager to confine me
[Chorus]
D C D G
For red and gold they are the colours
Em C D
One is blood and one is power
G C G Em
Though I may find my rest in Cropredy church
C G D G
In golden fields forever, will spring the poppy flower
[Verse]
Am C D
By Cropredy the Cherwell is still bidden to keep flowing
G C D
And the willows by its side still gently weep
G C D G
But still in restless dreams by this most peaceful stream
C D G
The poppies wake me from my rightful sleep
[Bridge]
D G
And the dreams I have are red and gold
C G D
And the little stream becomes a flood
G C G Em
From all my brothers killing one another
C G D G
Till waking, I realise, it's all my own dear blood
[Outro]
G C D G Em C D
G C G Em C G D G
G C D G Em C D C
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