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