Gordon Lightfoot – Watchmans Gone (Guitar)

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Watchmans Gone – Gordon Lightfoot (G) 4/4 time Capo 2 to match original [Intro] G D F C G G [Verse 1]
G         D          C        C
Just like birds of a feather

G           G            Em     Em
We too have followed the golden sun

G           D
It feels so good,

F           C          G        G
Knowin' the watchman's gone

G    D          C     C
If I give you a rose, buddy

G                G              Em        Em
Would you please bury it in the fields?

G        D
I seen a rose

F           C   G        G
Watchin' it all fold out
[Verse 2]
G         D          C      C
There's a train down at the station

G            G        Em         Em
It's come to carry my bones away

G           D
Two engines on

F          C       G
Twenty-one coaches long

G      D
End to end

F          C       G
Twenty-one coaches bend

G              D
The watchman's out

F           C     G     G
Kickin' the bums about
[Verse 3]
G    D        C         C
If I wait for the right moment

G       G              Em           Em
You can bet I'll climb aboard unseen

G            D
I've done it before

F        C               G     G
I know I can do it in my sleep

G              D
The watchman's out

F      C        G
Kickin'the bums about

G              D
The watchman's out

F            C      G    G
Kickin' your dreams about
[Verse 4]
G    D         C      C
As I leave you in the sunset

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

G               D
"You don't know me

F        C          G            G
A son of the sea am I"

G    D      C       C
As I say to you, my brother

G      G       Em                Em
If you live to follow the golden sun

G          D
You better beware

F           C                 G      G
Knowin' the watchman's always there
[Verse 5]
G     D        C       C
If you find me feedin' daisies

G           G                 Em              Em
Please turn my face up to the sky

G            D
And leave me be

F        C             G            G
Watchin' the moon roll by

G          D
Whatever I was

F        C          G
You know it was all because

G                D
I've been on the town

F       C           G              G
Washin' my troubles down
[Outro]
G              D
The watchman's out

F       C           G                  G
Kickin' your dreams about

G           D
It feels so good

F           C          G             G
Knowin' the watchman's gone

G           D
It's like a song

F           C          G                  G
Knowin' the watchman's gone