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