Rosemary's Sister
Fairport ConventionVersion1
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mother of disaster and sister of our fate
do you recall the tragedy we see
father of confusion and brother of debate
do you recall the sister of rosemary
The doodlebugs were flying
the blitz was at its high
rosemary lay sleeping with her sister inly five
and no one heard the One that hit
the one that blew the lid
rosemary came out crying and her sister never did
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And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain
And high above the heavens
on a host of angels wings
rosemarys sister will be dancing
her mother cried all that year as many others did
she pulled thru for a moment now and then
and the people down in bethnal street in the rubble of the storm
swept up their lives and started on again
when tyranny is biting you do your best to try
to stifle all the heart ache till its safe again to cry
and when at last the darkness clears and the sun comes shining thru
we'll dust it off and start in on a' new
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And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain
And high above the heavens
on a host of angels wings
rosemarys sister will be dancing
theres a teacher in the classroom
theres mothers in the hall
children sit and wait for the bell for home
rosemary is waiting she's a child now of her own
she's waiting to collect and take her home
But sometimes in the silence in the firelight where she sits
her mind goes back to bethnal street to the darkenss and the blitz
and she knows if theres another one
PAUSE
then the end will be complete
i wonder what theyd say in bethnal street
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And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain
And high above the heavens
on a host of angels wings
rosemarys sister will be dancing
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Readable chord sheet for Rosemary's Sister by Fairport Convention
[C] [C/B] [Am] [F] [G] [C] [C] [F] [G]
[C] [C/B] [Am] [F] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [C]
[C]mother[C/B] of di[Am]saster and[F] sister[G] of our [C]fate
do [C]you recall the t[F]ragedy we [G]see
[C]father [C/B]of con[Am]fusion and [F]brother [G]of d[Am]ebate
do [F]you recall the [G]sister of rose[C]mary
The [F]doodlebugs were f[G]lying
the [C]blitz was[C/B] at its [Am]high
[F]rosemary lay sle[C]eping with her [Am]sister inly [G]five
and n[C]o one [C/B]heard the [Am]One that hit
the o[F]ne that b[G]lew the [Am]lid
r[F]osemary came out cry[C]ing and her s[F]ister n[G]ever d[C]id
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And you f[C]ly h[Am]igh and your d[G]reams are all in v[C]ain
one m[Am]oment you are s[C]inging and the [F]next you cry in [G]pain
And [C]high abo[C/B]ve the h[Am]eavens
on a [F]host of a[G]ngels [Am]wings
[C]rosemarys [F]sister will be d[G]ancin[C]g
her [C]mother c[C/B]ried a[Am]ll that year as [F]many o[G]thers d[C]id
she pu[C]lled thru for a [F]moment now and t[G]hen
and the p[C]eople do[C/B]wn in b[Am]ethnal street in the [F]rubble of [G]the st[Am]orm
swept [F]up their lives and [G]started on a[C]gain
when t[F]yranny is b[G]iting you d[C]o your b[C/B]est to t[Am]ry
to s[F]tifle all the [C]heart ache till its [Am]safe again to [G]cry
and w[C]hen at [C/B]last the [Am]darkness clears and the [F]sun comes s[G]hining [Am]thru
we'll [F]dust it off and [G]start in on a' [C]new
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And you f[C]ly h[Am]igh and your d[G]reams are all in v[C]ain
one m[Am]oment you are s[C]inging and the [F]next you cry in [G]pain
And [C]high abo[C/B]ve the h[Am]eavens
on a [F]host of a[G]ngels [Am]wings
[C]rosemarys [F]sister will be d[G]ancin[C]g
theres a te[C]acher i[C/B]n the cl[Am]assroom
theres m[F]others i[G]n the h[C]all
[C]children sit and [F]wait for the bell for h[G]ome
[C]rosema[C/B]ry is w[Am]aiting she's a [F]child now [G]of her [Am]own
she's w[F]aiting to col[G]lect and take her h[C]ome
But so[F]metimes in the s[G]ilence in the f[C]irelight w[C/B]here she s[Am]its
her m[F]ind goes back to b[C]ethnal street to the da[Am]rkenss and the b[G]litz
and she kn[C]ows if th[C/B]eres another [Am]one
[F] [B] [Am] PAUSE
then the end will be complete
i w[F]onder what theyd s[G]ay in bethnal s[C]treet
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And you f[C]ly h[Am]igh and your d[G]reams are all in v[C]ain
one m[Am]oment you are s[C]inging and the [F]next you cry in [G]pain
And [C]high abo[C/B]ve the h[Am]eavens
on a [F]host of a[G]ngels [Am]wings
[C]rosemarys [F]sister will be d[G]ancin[C]g