The Last Watch Chords by Stan Rogers
Tempo:
66.375 bpm
Chords used:
G
A
D
Bm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [G] [A]
[Bm] [D] [G] [A]
[Bm] They dragged her down [D] dead from [G] Tobermory [A] Too [D]
cheap to spare her one last [Em] head of steam
[A] [D] [G]
Deep in [D] diesel fume and [E] brace Dust and soot upon the face [G] of who [A] was so clean
[G] They [A] [A] [Bm] brought me here [F#m] to watch [D] her in [G] the boneyard [A] [Bm] Just two old wrecks [D] to spend the night [E] alone
[Em] It's [A] [G] dark inside this [D] evil place [E] Clouds on the moon, [G]
[A] I hide my [G] own
[A] [C#m] It's [D] the [G] last watch [A] on the [G] Midland [A] [D] The [G] last watch [A] alone
One [Bm]
[D] last night to [G] love her [C] The [Bm] last night [A] [D] she's home
[G]
[A] [Bm] [D] [G]
[Bm] My guess [D] is that we were young [G]
[A] Like [Bm] hers, [D] my strength was young and hard
[Em] as steel And [A] [G] like her, too, [D] I knew my ground
[E] I scarcely felt the years go round [G] and serve to [A] the [G] wheel
[A] [Bm] But then they quenched [D] the fire beneath [G] the boilers
[A] [Bm] Gave me a watch [D] and showed me out [Em] the door [A] At [G] sixty-four, you're [D] still the best
[E] One year more and then you're less [G] [A] upon the floor
[G]
[A] It's [D] the [G] last watch [A] on the Midland [G] [A] The [D] [G] last watch [A]
alone
One [Bm] [D] last night to [G]
love her [C] The [F#] [B] last [A] night [D] she's home
[G] [A] [Bm]
[D] [G] [B] [Bm] So here's to useless [D] [G] superannuation [D] [Bm] And us old [D] relics of the [Em] days of steam
[A] [A] [G] In the morning, Lord, [D] I would prefer [E] When men with torches come
[G] That angels [A] come [B] for [G] me
[A] [D] It's the [G] last watch [A] on the [G] Midland [A] [D] The [G] last watch [A] alone
[Bm] One [D] last night [G] to love her [C] The [Bm] last [A] night [D] she's [G] home
[A] It's [D] the [G] last watch [A] on the Midland [G] [A] [D] The [G] last watch [A] alone
[Bm] One last [D] night to [G] love her [C] The last [Bm] night [A] [D] she's home
[G] [A] [Bm]
[G] [N]
[Bm] [D] [G] [A]
[Bm] They dragged her down [D] dead from [G] Tobermory [A] Too [D]
cheap to spare her one last [Em] head of steam
[A] [D] [G]
Deep in [D] diesel fume and [E] brace Dust and soot upon the face [G] of who [A] was so clean
[G] They [A] [A] [Bm] brought me here [F#m] to watch [D] her in [G] the boneyard [A] [Bm] Just two old wrecks [D] to spend the night [E] alone
[Em] It's [A] [G] dark inside this [D] evil place [E] Clouds on the moon, [G]
[A] I hide my [G] own
[A] [C#m] It's [D] the [G] last watch [A] on the [G] Midland [A] [D] The [G] last watch [A] alone
One [Bm]
[D] last night to [G] love her [C] The [Bm] last night [A] [D] she's home
[G]
[A] [Bm] [D] [G]
[Bm] My guess [D] is that we were young [G]
[A] Like [Bm] hers, [D] my strength was young and hard
[Em] as steel And [A] [G] like her, too, [D] I knew my ground
[E] I scarcely felt the years go round [G] and serve to [A] the [G] wheel
[A] [Bm] But then they quenched [D] the fire beneath [G] the boilers
[A] [Bm] Gave me a watch [D] and showed me out [Em] the door [A] At [G] sixty-four, you're [D] still the best
[E] One year more and then you're less [G] [A] upon the floor
[G]
[A] It's [D] the [G] last watch [A] on the Midland [G] [A] The [D] [G] last watch [A]
alone
One [Bm] [D] last night to [G]
love her [C] The [F#] [B] last [A] night [D] she's home
[G] [A] [Bm]
[D] [G] [B] [Bm] So here's to useless [D] [G] superannuation [D] [Bm] And us old [D] relics of the [Em] days of steam
[A] [A] [G] In the morning, Lord, [D] I would prefer [E] When men with torches come
[G] That angels [A] come [B] for [G] me
[A] [D] It's the [G] last watch [A] on the [G] Midland [A] [D] The [G] last watch [A] alone
[Bm] One [D] last night [G] to love her [C] The [Bm] last [A] night [D] she's [G] home
[A] It's [D] the [G] last watch [A] on the Midland [G] [A] [D] The [G] last watch [A] alone
[Bm] One last [D] night to [G] love her [C] The last [Bm] night [A] [D] she's home
[G] [A] [Bm]
[G] [N]
Key:
G
A
D
Bm
E
G
A
D
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
[Bm] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A]
[Bm] They dragged her down [D] dead from [G] Tobermory [A] Too [D]
cheap to spare her one last [Em] head of steam
[A] _ [D] _ [G]
Deep in [D] diesel fume and [E] brace Dust and soot upon the face [G] of who [A] was so clean
[G] They [A] _ [A] [Bm] brought me here [F#m] to watch [D] her in [G] the boneyard _ [A] [Bm] Just two old wrecks [D] to spend the night [E] alone
[Em] It's [A] _ [G] dark inside this [D] evil place [E] Clouds on the moon, _ _ [G] _
[A] I hide my [G] own
_ [A] [C#m] It's [D] the [G] last watch [A] on the [G] Midland [A] [D] The [G] last watch [A] alone
One [Bm] _
[D] last night to [G] love her [C] The [Bm] last night [A] [D] she's home
_ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Bm] My guess [D] is that we were young [G] _
_ [A] Like [Bm] hers, [D] my strength was young and hard
[Em] as steel And [A] _ [G] like her, too, [D] I knew my ground
[E] I scarcely felt the years go round [G] and serve to [A] the [G] wheel
_ [A] _ [Bm] But then they quenched [D] the fire beneath [G] the boilers
[A] [Bm] Gave me a watch [D] and showed me out [Em] the door [A] At [G] sixty-four, you're [D] still the best
[E] One year more and then you're less [G] _ [A] upon the floor
[G] _
_ [A] It's [D] the [G] last watch [A] on the Midland [G] [A] The [D] _ [G] last watch [A]
alone
One [Bm] _ [D] last night to [G]
love her [C] The [F#] [B] last [A] night [D] she's home
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] [Bm] So here's to useless [D] _ [G] superannuation _ _ [D] [Bm] And us old [D] relics of the [Em] days of steam
[A] _ [A] [G] In the morning, Lord, [D] I would prefer [E] When men with torches come
[G] That angels [A] come [B] for [G] me
_ [A] _ [D] It's the [G] last watch [A] on the [G] Midland [A] [D] The [G] last watch [A] _ alone
[Bm] One [D] last night [G] to love her [C] The [Bm] last [A] night [D] she's [G] home
[A] It's [D] the [G] last watch [A] on the Midland [G] _ [A] [D] The [G] last watch [A] alone
_ [Bm] One last [D] night to [G] love her [C] The last [Bm] night [A] [D] she's home
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [N] _ _
[Bm] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A]
[Bm] They dragged her down [D] dead from [G] Tobermory [A] Too [D]
cheap to spare her one last [Em] head of steam
[A] _ [D] _ [G]
Deep in [D] diesel fume and [E] brace Dust and soot upon the face [G] of who [A] was so clean
[G] They [A] _ [A] [Bm] brought me here [F#m] to watch [D] her in [G] the boneyard _ [A] [Bm] Just two old wrecks [D] to spend the night [E] alone
[Em] It's [A] _ [G] dark inside this [D] evil place [E] Clouds on the moon, _ _ [G] _
[A] I hide my [G] own
_ [A] [C#m] It's [D] the [G] last watch [A] on the [G] Midland [A] [D] The [G] last watch [A] alone
One [Bm] _
[D] last night to [G] love her [C] The [Bm] last night [A] [D] she's home
_ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Bm] My guess [D] is that we were young [G] _
_ [A] Like [Bm] hers, [D] my strength was young and hard
[Em] as steel And [A] _ [G] like her, too, [D] I knew my ground
[E] I scarcely felt the years go round [G] and serve to [A] the [G] wheel
_ [A] _ [Bm] But then they quenched [D] the fire beneath [G] the boilers
[A] [Bm] Gave me a watch [D] and showed me out [Em] the door [A] At [G] sixty-four, you're [D] still the best
[E] One year more and then you're less [G] _ [A] upon the floor
[G] _
_ [A] It's [D] the [G] last watch [A] on the Midland [G] [A] The [D] _ [G] last watch [A]
alone
One [Bm] _ [D] last night to [G]
love her [C] The [F#] [B] last [A] night [D] she's home
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] [Bm] So here's to useless [D] _ [G] superannuation _ _ [D] [Bm] And us old [D] relics of the [Em] days of steam
[A] _ [A] [G] In the morning, Lord, [D] I would prefer [E] When men with torches come
[G] That angels [A] come [B] for [G] me
_ [A] _ [D] It's the [G] last watch [A] on the [G] Midland [A] [D] The [G] last watch [A] _ alone
[Bm] One [D] last night [G] to love her [C] The [Bm] last [A] night [D] she's [G] home
[A] It's [D] the [G] last watch [A] on the Midland [G] _ [A] [D] The [G] last watch [A] alone
_ [Bm] One last [D] night to [G] love her [C] The last [Bm] night [A] [D] she's home
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [N] _ _
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