Intro
D#m A# x 7
G# D# F#
VERSE 1
A# F# G# A#
A# priest joins the procession just to help me kneel
Cm Dm D# D#m
With a warder at my elbow and another at my heel
A# F# G# A#
Marching in the morning down a path I've lately seen
Cm Dm D# D#m
I was sleeping in this garden, am I still within my dream?
A# F# G# A#
The echo of my heartbeat is the beating of a drum
Cm Dm D# D#m
And all the earth is singing with life's sweet hum
A# F# G# A#
We filed in solemn silence, shuffled through a door
Cm Dm G# A#
The place where life is taken for the letter of the law
CHORUS
A# D# F
Shake the holy water, summon up the guard
C A# G# Gm
Dying's very easy, waiting's very hard
VERSE 2
Gm Cm
A# rope was hanging from the roof, a sight which puzzles me
Gm C
I thought a gibbet and a guard would make a gallows tree
F G#
But now all is revealed, stamped there is the command
A# C
My feet are on the trapdoor with a rope around my hand
A# F# G# A#
And now the executioner is shaking hands with me
Cm Dm D# D#m
"My duty I must carry out, you poor fellow," says he
A# F# G# A#
A# rope is tied around my feet and a bag upon my head
Cm Dm D# D#m
And then the noose which separates the living from the dead
CHORUS
VERSE 3
Gm Cm
There he whispers to me "Have you anything to say?"
Gm Cm
My mouth is dry, my throat is tight, I answer "Drop away"
F G#
Silence now surrounds me, my heart is beating on
A# C
The trapdoor hardly moves at all, my life is still my own
VIOLIN SOLO
A# F# G# A# x8
A# F# G# A#
They stand me in a corner with my hands and feet still bound
Cm Dm D# D#m
While a carpenter is called for and an explanation found
A# F# G# A#
"The rain has warped the timbers," I hear the hangman say
Cm Dm D# D#m
"It's funny but it worked well, I tried it yesterday"
Gm Cm
"All is mended now," they say, "your ordeal's nearly over
Gm C
Your life's as good as ended," but I hear their voices waver
F G#
Once more the bolt is shaken and again I hang in limbo
A# C
While the guards jump on the trapdoor and my body stands on tip-toe
CHORUS
VERSE 4
A# F# G# A#
They stand me in a corner with my hands and feet still tied
Cm Dm D# D#m
A# warder holds onto the noose, the trapdoor opens wide
A# F# G# A#
Is it magic or coincidence that keeps me on the brink?
Cm Dm D# D#m
It seems to work without me, "Will it kill me now?" I think
Gm Cm
"Please, I'm tired of living and I really want to die"
Gm C
I was taken to the scaffold and I heard the hangman cry
F G#
"Lee, I'm truly sorry, forgive these hands of mine"
A# C
He three\w the bolt and I felt the jolt the third and final time
Gm Cm
My life was spared that morning 'cos it wasn't theirs to take
Gm C
Three's the most the law requires, a man to feel the stake
CHORUS x2
- 1. Chord Gitar Fairport Convention - Wake Up John The Hanging Song Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar B)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Fairport Convention - Wake Up John The Hanging Song Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar B)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan