Fairport Convention - Closing time

So, we're ^Gdrinking and we're dancing ^GAnd the band is really happening And the ^EmJohnny Walker wisdom's running high And my ^Bmvery sweet companion ^BmShe's an angel of compassion She's ^Emrubbing half the world against her thigh Every ^Cdrinker every dancer ^CLifts a happy face to thank her And the ^Gfiddler fiddles ^Bsomething so sub^Emlime

And the ^Dwomen tear their blouses off ^DAnd the men they dance on the polka-dots And it's ^Cpartner found and it's partner lost ^CAnd it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops It's ^Gclosing time And the ^Cwomen tear their blouses off ^CAnd the men they dance on the polka-dots And it's ^Gpartner found and it's ^Bpartner lost And it's ^Emhell to pay when the ^Cfiddler stops It's ^Gclosing time ^DClosing time

Well, we're ^Glonely, we're romantic ^GSociety's psyched with acid And the ^EmHoly Spirit's crying, "Where's the beef?" And the ^Bmmoon is swimming naked ^BmAnd the summer night is fragrant With a ^Emmighty expectation of relief So we ^Cstruggle and we stagger ^CDown the snakes and up the ladder To the ^Gtower where the ^Bblessed hours ^Emchime

And I ^Dswear it happened just like this ^DA sigh, a cry and a hungry kiss The ^Cgates of love they budged an inch ^CI can't say much has happened since But ^Gclosing time I ^Cswear it happened just like this ^CA sigh, a cry and a hungry kiss The ^Ggates of love they ^Bbudged an inch But you ^Emcan't say much has ^Chappened since Since ^Gclosing time ^DClosing time

I ^Emloved you for your beauty ^EmBut that doesn't make a fool of me ^BmYou were in it for your beauty too And I ^Emloved you for your body ^EmThere's a voice that sounds like god to me De^Aclaring that your body's really you

But I ^Cloved you when our love was blessed ^CAnd I love you now there's nothing left But ^Gsorrow and a ^Bsense of over^Emtime And I ^Dmissed you since the place got wrecked ^DAnd I just don't care what happens next ^CLooks like freedom but it feels like death ^CIt's something in between, I guess It's ^Gclosing time ^DClosing time

Oh, we're ^Gdrinking and we're dancing ^GYet there's nothing really happening This ^Emplace is dead as heaven on a Saturday night And my ^Bmvery close companion ^BmGets me humping, gets me laughing She's a ^Emhundred but she's wearing something tight (^EmTight, tight, tight, tight, tight, tight) And I ^Clift my glass to the awful truth ^CBut you can't reveal to the ears of youth Ex^Gcept to say, it ^Bisn't worth a ^Emdime And the ^Dwhole damn place goes crazy twice ^DIt's once for the Devil and it's once for the Christ But the ^Cboss don't like those dizzy heights ^CWe're busted in the blinding lights It's ^Gclosing time It's ^Dclosing time ^G

^G(Closing, drinking, Devil, dancing) ^DClosing time ^{G D}Closing time ^{G D}Closing time ^G