(intro) C * C/B Am F G C C F G
        C * C/B Am F G Am F G C

(verse 1)
C     C/B   Am        F      G       C
mother of disaster and sister of our fate
   C               F         G
do you recall the tragedy we see
C      C/B   Am         F       G   Am
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 high
F               C              Am          G
rosemary lay sleeping with her sister inly five
     C     C/B       Am
and no one heard the One that hit
     F        G       Am
the one that blew the lid
 F                   C            F      G     C
rosemary came out crying and her sister never did

(pre chorus)

         C   Am            G                 C
And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
     Am             C              F               G
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain

(chorus)
    C       C/B     Am
And high above the heavens
     F        G     Am
on a host of angels wings
C         F               G    C
rosemarys sister will be dancing

(verse 2)
    C       C/B   Am              F     G      C
her mother cried all that year as many others did
      C               F               G
she pulled thru for a moment now and then
         C       C/B    Am                   F         G     Am
and the people down in bethnal street in the rubble of the storm
      F                  G           C
swept up their lives and started on again

      F          G          C       C/B     Am
when tyranny is biting you do your best to try
    F             C                   Am            G
to stifle all the heart ache till its safe again to cry
     C      C/B      Am                      F          G      Am
and when at last the darkness clears and the sun comes shining thru
      F               G              C
we'll dust it off and start in on a' new

(pre chorus)

         C   Am            G                 C
And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
     Am             C              F               G
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain

(chorus)
    C       C/B     Am
And high above the heavens
     F        G     Am
on a host of angels wings
C         F               G    C
rosemarys sister will be dancing

(verse 3)

           C      C/B     Am
theres a teacher in the classroom
        F       G      C
theres mothers in the hall
C                F                      G
children sit and wait for the bell for home
C     C/B    Am             F         G      Am
rosemary is waiting she's 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 darkenss and the blitz
          C        C/B          Am
and she knows if theres another one
         F        B      Am      PAUSE
then the end will be complete
   F                 G              C
i wonder what theyd say in bethnal street

(pre chorus)

         C   Am            G                 C
And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
     Am             C              F               G
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain

(chorus)

    C       C/B     Am
And high above the heavens
     F        G     Am
on a host of angels wings
C         F               G    C
rosemarys sister will be dancing