The Deader (Two Gallants) Intro: C G7 G /A G G7 C’ G7 G6 Dm6 Dm'C 3x //C/ /B /A 1. G’ F C (/C /B /A) so now let me tell you about this girl of mine G’ F C heart like all men’s dreams in the days of 49 F C G F I turn hollow no me more swallow this fast only she breaks F C G F but distance keeps her miles or meters what difference does it make 2. G’ F C ‘cause here they come again to repossess my dreams G’ F C child don’t play yourself things are never what they seem F C G F a bridge a river a pale moon sliver city shines so bright F C G F but to my despair I wake up where they sleep out every night Refrain: C G7 C the girl I love is oh so far away G7 C and I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day 3. G’ F C oh now the bleating sea she laps upon my door G’ F C I’ll round a thousand horns just to drown upon her shore F C G F blood red roses go down moses oh billowing sails F C G F those so weak-willed guts all sea-filled throw them o’er the rails 4. G’ F C boys tighten up the jib and sing a hearty song G’ F C we been driftin’ driftin’ for far too long F C G F I take no care me I’m so bare-breasted on the bow F C G F scabbed and weathered skin of leather who’s the deader now Refrain: C G7 C the girl I love is oh so oh so far away G7 C I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day G7 C its so long lady angel I guess I’ll say goodbye G7 C but I do believe I’m aging right before your eyes 5. G’ F C wash up on her coast not a nickel to my name G’ F C sold my sold my sold my gold watch and chain F C G F enough to hire a band of lyres to march me on my way F C G F through hills and valleys sugar ditch alleys up to her hingeless gate Refrain: C G7 C the girl I love is oh so oh so far away G7 C I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day G7 C its so long lady angel I guess I’ll say goodbye G7 C but I do believe I’m aging right before your eyes C G7 C cock crow in the morning heard it loud and clear G7 C I ask her for to marry she answer with a tear G7 C boy you have my heart and I know you always will G7 C but that ain’t enough to hold me cause love don’t pay the bills 6. C F C I turned away in shame for all my days in vain G C guess I’ll just drag on no one loves you till you’re gone F C let the river be my guide let the desert be my bride G C till my heart turns to steel till I no longer feel Refrain: C G7 C that the girl I love is oh so oh so far away G7 C I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day G7 C its so long lady angel I guess I’ll say goodbye G7 C but I do believe I’m aging right before your eyes G'-3- C' -3- Dm'-0- Dm6 -1- -5- -1- -0- -0- -4- -0- -1- -2- -3- -2- -0- -0- -5- -3- -3-
