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The Morning After

The Prodigals
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 You  dance like you're drunk but you sing  like you're sober
 You  pulled the last pint when the  party was over
 When  you're alone and you lie  in your bed.
 The  rain on the roof  is the dance  of the dead.
 The boys from the Bronx and Belturbet, Bundoran,
 Brighton and Bray, they're all shouting and brawling
 They're routing reflection, a kiss or a sigh
 To forget or recall the old days long gone by.
 And it's up in the morning, and after the evening
 The wordless goodbye and the silently leaving
 You turned on your side, and the dream in the bed
 Was a far distant cry from the one in your head.
 (chorus)
 Chimeras and fantasies merging together
 And thoughts of a life of a far-different feather
 They brought us to where we are – now that we're here
 Is it better or worse than we hoped and we feared?
 Pioneers, drunkards, pilgrims and rovers,
 Bridges of bone and of gold to cross over
 The beckoning bar with its circle of light
 And the voice and the laugh that ring out in the night.
 Chord
e---------------|
b---------------|
g---1-----------|
d---2-----------|
a---2-----------|
e---------------|
 Chord
e---------------|
b---2-----------|
g---2-----------|
d---2-----------|
a---------------|
e---------------|
Chord
e---2-----------|
b---4-----------|
g---4-----------|
d---4-----------|
a---2-----------|
e---X-----------|
The B Chord can also be played like this:
e---2------------|
b---2------------|
g---4------------|
d---4------------|
a---2------------|
e---X------------|

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Readable chord sheet for The Morning After by The Prodigals

Yo[E]u dance like you're drunk but you [A]sing like you're sober
Yo[E]u pulled the last pint when th[B]e party was over
Wh[E]en you're alone and you [A]lie in your bed.
Th[E]e rain on the [B]roof is the [A]dance of the [E]dead.

The boys from the Bronx and Belturbet, Bundoran,
Brighton and Bray, they're all shouting and brawling
They're routing reflection, a kiss or a sigh
To forget or recall the old days long gone by.
And it's up in the morning, and after the evening
The wordless goodbye and the silently leaving
You turned on your side, and the dream in the bed
Was a far distant cry from the one in your head.

(chorus)

Chimeras and fantasies merging together
And thoughts of a life of a far-different feather
They brought us to where we are – now that we're here
Is it better or worse than we hoped and we feared?
Pioneers, drunkards, pilgrims and rovers,
Bridges of bone and of gold to cross over
The beckoning bar with its circle of light
And the voice and the laugh that ring out in the night.

[E] Chord

e---------------|
b---------------|
g---1-----------|
d---2-----------|
a---2-----------|
e---------------|

[A] Chord

e---------------|
b---2-----------|
g---2-----------|
d---2-----------|
a---------------|
e---------------|

[B] Chord
e---2-----------|
b---4-----------|
g---4-----------|
d---4-----------|
a---2-----------|
e---X-----------|

The B Chord can also be played like this:
e---2------------|
b---2------------|
g---4------------|
d---4------------|
a---2------------|
e---X------------|