Gordon Lightfoot – The Watchmans Gone (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Intro] G D F C G G [Verse 1]
G            D          C
  Just like birds of a feather

G                                 Em
  We too have followed the golden sun

G             D
  It feels so good,

F              C          G
  Knowin' the watchman's gone
[Verse 2]
G       D          C
  If I give you a rose, buddy

G                                  Em
  Would you please bury it in the fields?

G           D
  I seen a rose

F               C        G
   Watchin' it all fold out
[Verse 3]
G            D                 C
  There's a train down at the station

G                               Em
  It's come to carry my bones away

G              D
  Two engines on

F             C       G
  Twenty-one coaches long

       D
End to end

F             C       G
  Twenty-one coaches bend

G                D
  The watchman's out

F               C    G
  Kickin' the bums about
[Verse 4]
G       D                  C
  If I wait for the right moment

G                                 Em
  You can bet I'll climb aboard unseen

G                 D
  I've done it before

F              C            G
  I know I can do it in my sleep
[Chorus]
G                D
  The watchman's out

F             C      G
  Kickin' the bums about

G                D
  The watchman's out

F               C       G
  Kickin' your dreams about
[Solo] G D C G Em G D F C G G [Verse 5]
G    D                   C
  As I leave you in the sunset

G                                  Em
  Got one more nothin' I'd like to say

G                 D
  "You don't know me

F               C      G
  A son of the sea am I"
[Verse 6]
G       D              C
  As I say to you, my brother

G                                  Em
  If you live to follow the golden sun

G               D
  You better beware

F              C                 G
  Knowin' the watchman's always there
[Verse 7]
G         D                C
  If you find me feedin' daisies

G                               Em
  Please turn my face up to the sky

G              D
  And leave me be

F               C         G
  Watchin' the moon roll by

            D
Whatever I was

F                  C      G
  You know it was all because

                  D
I've been on the town

F              C        G
  Washin' the bullshit down
[Chorus]
G                 D
  The watchman's out

F              C      G
 Kickin' your dreams about

              D
It feels so good

F              C          G
  Knowin' the watchman's gone

            D
It's like a song

F              C          G
  Knowin' the watchman's gone
[Solo] G D C G Em G D F C G G