Fairport Convention – Rosemarys Sister (Ukulele)

C     CM7   Am        F      G       C
mother of disaster and sister of our fate

   C               F         G
do you recall the tragedy we see

C      CM7   Am         F       G   Am
father of confusion and brother of debate

   F              G             C
do you recall the sister of rosemary

    F                G
The doodlebugs were flying

    C        CM7     Am
the blitz was at its high

F               C              Am          G
rosemary lay sleeping with her sister inly five

     C     CM7       Am
and no one heard the One that hit

     F        G       Am
the one that blew the lid

 F                   C            F      G     C
rosemary came out crying and her sister never did

         C   Am            G                 C
And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain

     Am             C              F               G
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain

    C       CM7     Am
And high above the heavens

     F        G     Am
on a host of angels wings

C         F               G    C
rosemarys sister will be dancing

    C       CM7   Am              F     G      C
her mother cried all that year as many others did

      C               F               G
she pulled thru for a moment now and then

         C       CM7    Am                   F         G     Am
and the people down in bethnal street in the rubble of the storm

      F                  G           C
swept up their lives and started on again

      F          G          C       CM7     Am
when tyranny is biting you do your best to try

    F             C                   Am            G
to stifle all the heart ache till its safe again to cry

     C      CM7      Am                      F          G      Am
and when at last the darkness clears and the sun comes shining thru

      F               G              C
we'll dust it off and start in on a' new

         C   Am            G                 C
And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain

     Am             C              F               G
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain

    C       CM7     Am
And high above the heavens

     F        G     Am
on a host of angels wings

C         F               G    C
rosemarys sister will be dancing

           C      CM7     Am
theres a teacher in the classroom

        F       G      C
theres mothers in the hall

C                F                      G
children sit and wait for the bell for home

C     CM7    Am             F         G      Am
rosemary is waiting she's a child now of her own

       F            G                  C
she's waiting to collect and take her home

      F               G              C         CM7       Am
But sometimes in the silence in the firelight where she sits

     F                 C                      Am              G
her mind goes back to bethnal street to the darkenss and the blitz

          C        CM7          Am
and she knows if theres another one

         F        B      Am      PAUSE
then the end will be complete

   F                 G              C
i wonder what theyd say in bethnal street

         C   Am            G                 C
And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain

     Am             C              F               G
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain

    C       CM7     Am
And high above the heavens

     F        G     Am
on a host of angels wings

C         F               G    C
rosemarys sister will be dancing