Steeleye Span – Where Are They Now (Guitar)

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[Intro] C [Verse]
         Bb             F       C
Man said nature was his mother

       G/B           D
Made a promise at his birth

          Dm                            F
But she's running like a hunted fox for cover

        Bb            C
All across the earth
[Verse]
           Bb              F           C
The forest turned into the tall ships

                G/B               D
And though they fought for England well

    Dm                            F
The emptiness is ringing down the ages

           Bb         F
Like a hollow bell
[Chorus]
      C        Bb     F
Where are they now?

    C    Bb
Old mysteries

    F     C         Eb       Bb     F
The high ideas of a thousand years

    C           Bb  Eb Bb  F
All lost on the breeze..

      C        Bb     C
Where are they now?
[Verse]
       Bb             F         C
Asking wonders of our children

      G/B             D
Blind faith in all the rules

        Dm                            F
But the blind lead the blind from the cradle

                 Bb          C
Through the faith of fools
[Verse]
        Bb            F         C
One son gone unto the merchant

        G/B          D
Another to the bishop went

 Dm                               F
Another son to serve the king and country

         Bb        F
In some regiment
[Chorus]
      C        Bb    F
Where are they now?

    C    Bb
Old mysteries

    F     C         Eb       Bb     F
The high ideas of a thousand years

    C           Bb  Eb Bb  F
All lost on the breeze..

      C        Bb     F
Where are they now?
[Bridge]
      C        Bb
Where are they now?
Bb F C Eb Bb F C Bb F
      C        Bb     C
Where are they now?
[Verse]
      Bb             F       C
Every year in late December

         G/B          D
Hark the herald angels sing

       Dm                                  F
In the church, words of peace on earth are spoken

                 Bb         F
It doesn't change a thing
[Chorus]
      C        Bb    F
Where are they now?

    C    Bb
Old mysteries

    F     C         Eb       Bb     F
The high ideas of a thousand years

    C           Bb  Eb Bb  F
All lost on the breeze..
[Chorus]
      C        Bb    F
Where are they now?

    C    Bb
Old mysteries

    F     C         Eb       Bb     F
The high ideas of a thousand years

    C           Bb  Eb Bb  F
All lost on the breeze..

      C        Bb    F
Where are they now?

      C        Bb    F
Where are they now?

      C        Bb
Where are they now?