Capo: 4 Tuning: E A D G B E

Live version on the record "Journeyman's Grace" (2005, recorded 2003). Studio version by Simon Nicol on "Before your time" (1987). The versions are virtually the same, some minor differences in the lyrics ("You" or "we" in the last chorus). Notes on the chords below. [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]

^CMother^Em/B of Dis^Amaster ^Am/Gand S^Fister ^F/Gof our F^Cate, ^Fdo you count the tr^Cagedies we s^Gee? ^CFather ^Em/Bof Conf^Amusion ^Am/Gand Br^Fother ^F/Gof Deba^Cte, do ^Fyou recall the ^Gsister of Rose^Cmary? The ^Fdoodlebugs were f^Glying The ^CBlitz was^C/B at its ^Amheight ^FRosemary lay sle^Ceping with her ^Amsister only ^Gfive, and n^Co one ^Em/Bheard the ^Amone that ^Am/Ghit the o^Fne that b^F/Glew the l^Cid. R^Fosemary came out cry^Cing but her s^Gister n^G6ever d^Cid.

[Chorus]

And you f^Cly h^Amigh and your d^Gadd2reams are ^Gall in v^Cain one m^Foment you are s^Cinging and the ^Amnext you cry in p^Gain But ^Chigh abo^Em/Bve the he^Amavens ^Am/Gon a h^Fost of an^F/Ggels' w^Amings ^FRosemarys s^Cister will be d^Gancin^Cg.

C Am F G7 C C/B Am Am/G F G7 [Verse 2]

Her m^Cother ^Em/Bcried ^Amall that ^Am/Gyear as m^Fany ^F/Gothers d^Cid She pu^Flled thru for a m^Coment now and th^Gen. And the p^Ceople ^Em/Bdown in B^Amethnal S^Am/Gtreet in the r^Fubble ^F/Gand the st^Cones swept ^Fup their lives and st^Garted off ag^Cain. When t^Fyranny is b^Giting you d^Co your ^C/Bbest to t^Amry to s^Ftifle all your^C heartaches till it'^Ams safe again t^Go cry And w^Chen at ^Em/Blast the d^Amarkness cl^Am/Gears and the s^Fun comes s^F/Ghining th^Cru you're d^Fusted off and ^G6starting all a^Cnew

[Chorus]

And you f^Cly h^Amigh and your d^Gadd2reams are ^Gall in v^Cain one m^Foment you are s^Cinging and the n^Amext you cry in p^Gain But ^Chigh abo^Em/Bve the he^Amavens ^Am/Gon a h^Fost of ^F/Gangels' w^Amings ^FRosemary's s^Cister will be d^Ganc^Cing

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]

There's a t^Ceacher ^Em/Bin the cl^Amassroom, ^Am/Gthere's a m^Fother ^F/Gin the h^Call. ^FThe children sit and w^Cait for the bell for h^Gome. ^CRosema^Em/Bry is w^Amaiting, ^Am/Gshe has a c^Fhild now^F/G of her ^Cown she's w^Faiting to col^Glect and take her h^Come. But so^Fmetimes in the s^Gilence in the f^Cirelight w^C/Bhere she s^Amits her m^Find goes back to B^Cethnal Street, to the d^Amarkness and the ^GBlitz. And she kn^Cows if t^Em/Bhere's an^Amother ^Am/Gone, then the ^Fend will ^F/Gbe compl^Amete – I w^Fonder what they'd ^G6say in Bethnal S^Ctreet.

[Chorus]

And you f^Cly h^Amigh and your d^Gadd2reams are a^Gll in v^Cain One m^Foment we are s^Cinging and the ^Amnext we cry in pa^Gin. But h^Cigh a^Em/Bbove the ^Amheavens ^Am/Gon a h^Fost of ^F/Gangels' wi^Amngs ^FRosemary's s^Cister will be d^Gancin^Cg.

C C/B Am Am/G F G7 C [Outro]

^C(v^Fer^Gy m^Cuted) Notes: ====== Play the first chord in lines 1 and 3 in the verse, and in the chorus in the form x3x013 and then x3x010 – with a initial high 5th on the e-string.

Play the second chord in lines 1 and 3 in the verse in the form x2x000 and then x2x001 (I've chosen to write that second chord as E minor over B, to emphasis the melodic movement, and because I lift the index finger from the C on the b-string to do the F on the e-string, leaving the b to sound slightly. Technically, you could also interpret it as a C or Cmajor7 over B, or a G6 over B ... For the similar passage in the second half of the verse, though, I've chosen to keep the C/B, to emphasize the falling baseline.) (Always tricky to "collapse" a mostly picked arrangement to chords. Should a passing note be ignored, or considered a colouring of the chord before or after?) Try an alternative Dm7 instead of F in the last line of verse three ("I wonder..."), if you like. Good colouring after the Am. Go directly into the instrumental bars after each chorus. "Doodlebug" – a British colloquial name for the V-1 flying bomb.

Fairport Convention - Rosemarys sister