Fairport Convention - Rosemarys Sister Chords

[Instrumental verse]

C Em/B Am Am/G F F/G C
F C G
C Em/B Am Am/G F F/G C
F G C
F G C C/B Am
F C Am G
C C/B Am Am/G
F F/G C
F C
C Am F G7
C C/B Am Am/G F G7


[Verse 1]

C     Em/B   Am    Am/G  F     F/G     C
Mother of Disaster and  Sister of our Fate,
F                  C           G
do you count the tragedies we see?
C      Em/B   Am    Am/G   F     F/G    C
Father of Confusion and  Brother of Debate,
   F              G             C
do you recall the sister of Rosemary?
    F                G
The doodlebugs were flying
    C        C/B     Am
The Blitz was at its height
F               C              Am          G
Rosemary lay sleeping with her sister only five,
     C     Em/B      Am       Am/G
and no one heard the one that hit
     F        F/G      C
the one that blew the lid.
 F                   C            G      G6    C
Rosemary came out crying but her sister never did.

[Chorus]
         C   Am            Gadd2     G       C
And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
     F              C              Am               G
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain
    C       Em/B     Am
But high above the heavens
Am/G   F        F/G    Am
on a  host of angels' wings
F          C              G    C
Rosemarys sister will be dancing.

C Am F G7
C C/B Am Am/G F G7

[Verse 2]
     C     Em/B  Am       Am/G     F   F/G     C
Her mother cried all that year as many others did
      F                C               G
She pulled thru for a moment now and then.
         C     Em/B     Am      Am/G          F     F/G       C
And the people down in Bethnal Street in the rubble and the stones
      F                    G           C
swept up their lives and started off again.
      F          G          C      C/B      Am
When tyranny is biting you do your best to try
    F             C                   Am            G
to stifle all your heartaches till it's safe again to cry
     C      Em/B      Am        Am/G          F         F/G      C
And when at last the darkness clears and the sun comes shining thru
        F             G6            C
you're dusted off and starting all anew

[Chorus]
         C   Am            Gadd2     G       C
And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
     F              C               Am              G
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain
    C       Em/B     Am
But high above the heavens
Am/G   F      F/G      Am
on  a host of angels' wings
F           C              G  C
Rosemary's sister will be dancing

C Am F G7

[Instrumental verse]

C Em/B Am Am/G F F/G C
F C G
C Em/B Am Am/G F F/G C
F G C
F G C C/B Am
F C Am G
C Em/B Am Am/G
F F/G C
F G6 C
C Am F G7
C C/B Am Am/G F G7

[Verse 3]
           C      Em/B     Am
There's a teacher in the classroom,
Am/G       F     F/G     C
there's a mother in the hall.
F                     C                     G
The children sit and wait for the bell for home.
C     Em/B   Am      Am/G       F       F/G     C
Rosemary is waiting, she has a child now of her own
       F            G                  C
she's waiting to collect and take her home.
      F               G              C         C/B       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 darkness and the Blitz.
          C       Em/B     Am    Am/G
And she knows if there's another one,
         F        F/G     Am
then the end will be complete –
   F                 G6              C
I wonder what they'd say in Bethnal Street.

[Chorus]
         C   Am            Gadd2      G      C
And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
     F             C              Am               G
One moment we are singing and the next we cry in pain.
     C    Em/B     Am
But high above the heavens
Am/G   F      F/G       Am
on a  host of angels' wings
F           C              G    C
Rosemary's sister will be dancing.

C C/B Am Am/G F G7 C

[Outro] 
C F G  C
(very muted)