Chords for The (Original) Houghton Weavers - Room in the Sky
Tempo:
78.85 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
C#m
F#m
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
We travel around the Northwest quite a lot and we see many towns which are changing like mad.
It's unbelievable.
West Orton, for our hometown, is a perfect example.
You wouldn't recognise it now compared to what it was even five, six years ago.
And this song tells about that problem and mainly the people that suffer from it.
That's the old people.
It's a lovely song called The Room in the Sky.
It's nigh on fifty years since [F#m] I moved into this street.
[B] There's no kind of people [E] you could ever owe to me.
And I've had a note from council, [F#m] a young chap brought it round.
[D#]
[B] He said that very soon they're going to knock our [E] housing down.
I was wondering [C#m] how it was supposed to be.
A brand new flat not [G#m] far from here just [F#m] waiting for it to see.
[G#] So I thought I'd take a stroll round [C#m] there and give the place a eye.
[F#m] But it came as quite a shock to find it fifteen [B] stories high.
[E] Oh I don't want [C#m] to leave [A] me all too up [E] too down.
[B] It isn't much to look [E] at but at least it's on the [A] ground.
It would [B] surely break my [E] heart for me to say [C#m] goodbye.
[A] When they move me to that room of
[E]
next
door neighbour.
[F#m] Well he have got to go.
[B]
But he was none the wiser.
[E] No one seems to know.
But he said there were a rumour that [F#m] he heard the other day.
[B]
Someone said they need the Smiths [D#] to build a motorway.
[C#m] So I walked a mile to the flat going to [G#m] be a queen.
[C#m]
In the [G#m] suitcase large enough [F#m] to hold me [B] memories.
[G#] And I can't take me old dog Ben [C#m] because Ben can't tell her.
[F#m] They say you won't visit him.
So I lied for [B] months in a cloud.
[E] Oh I [C#m] don't want to [A] leave me all too up too [E] down.
[B] It isn't much to look [E] at but at least it's on the ground.
[A] It would [B] surely break my [E] heart for me to say [C#m] goodbye.
[A] When they move me to that [E]
room
Just the other day I saw [F#m] me old friend Mrs Rose.
[B]
She has a flat the same as mine [E] on the other side of town.
She said it's nice and [F#m] cosy but there's one thing makes her vexed.
[B] She doesn't see a [B] single soul from one day to the next.
[C#m]
[G#m] So [C#m] before I [G#m] want to stay [C#m] I wish that I [G#m] could close me eyes [F#m] and make it [B] go away.
[G#] The only consolation [C#m] I'll say to be quite sure.
[F#m] I'm sure to get to heaven because I'll [C#] be a queen.
[E] Oh I [C#m] don't want to [A] leave me all too up too [E] down.
[B] It isn't much to look [E] at but at least it's on the ground.
[A] It would [B] surely break my [E] heart for me to say [C#m] goodbye.
When [A] they move me to [B] that room locked in [E] the sky.
When [A] they move me to [B] that room locked in [E] the sky.
It's unbelievable.
West Orton, for our hometown, is a perfect example.
You wouldn't recognise it now compared to what it was even five, six years ago.
And this song tells about that problem and mainly the people that suffer from it.
That's the old people.
It's a lovely song called The Room in the Sky.
It's nigh on fifty years since [F#m] I moved into this street.
[B] There's no kind of people [E] you could ever owe to me.
And I've had a note from council, [F#m] a young chap brought it round.
[D#]
[B] He said that very soon they're going to knock our [E] housing down.
I was wondering [C#m] how it was supposed to be.
A brand new flat not [G#m] far from here just [F#m] waiting for it to see.
[G#] So I thought I'd take a stroll round [C#m] there and give the place a eye.
[F#m] But it came as quite a shock to find it fifteen [B] stories high.
[E] Oh I don't want [C#m] to leave [A] me all too up [E] too down.
[B] It isn't much to look [E] at but at least it's on the [A] ground.
It would [B] surely break my [E] heart for me to say [C#m] goodbye.
[A] When they move me to that room of
[E]
next
door neighbour.
[F#m] Well he have got to go.
[B]
But he was none the wiser.
[E] No one seems to know.
But he said there were a rumour that [F#m] he heard the other day.
[B]
Someone said they need the Smiths [D#] to build a motorway.
[C#m] So I walked a mile to the flat going to [G#m] be a queen.
[C#m]
In the [G#m] suitcase large enough [F#m] to hold me [B] memories.
[G#] And I can't take me old dog Ben [C#m] because Ben can't tell her.
[F#m] They say you won't visit him.
So I lied for [B] months in a cloud.
[E] Oh I [C#m] don't want to [A] leave me all too up too [E] down.
[B] It isn't much to look [E] at but at least it's on the ground.
[A] It would [B] surely break my [E] heart for me to say [C#m] goodbye.
[A] When they move me to that [E]
room
Just the other day I saw [F#m] me old friend Mrs Rose.
[B]
She has a flat the same as mine [E] on the other side of town.
She said it's nice and [F#m] cosy but there's one thing makes her vexed.
[B] She doesn't see a [B] single soul from one day to the next.
[C#m]
[G#m] So [C#m] before I [G#m] want to stay [C#m] I wish that I [G#m] could close me eyes [F#m] and make it [B] go away.
[G#] The only consolation [C#m] I'll say to be quite sure.
[F#m] I'm sure to get to heaven because I'll [C#] be a queen.
[E] Oh I [C#m] don't want to [A] leave me all too up too [E] down.
[B] It isn't much to look [E] at but at least it's on the ground.
[A] It would [B] surely break my [E] heart for me to say [C#m] goodbye.
When [A] they move me to [B] that room locked in [E] the sky.
When [A] they move me to [B] that room locked in [E] the sky.
Key:
E
B
C#m
F#m
A
E
B
C#m
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
We travel around the Northwest quite a lot and we see many towns which are changing like mad.
It's unbelievable.
West Orton, for our hometown, is a perfect example.
You wouldn't recognise it now compared to what it was even five, six years ago.
And this song tells about that problem and mainly the people that suffer from it.
That's the old people.
It's a lovely song called The Room in the Sky. _ _ _ _ _
It's nigh on fifty years since [F#m] I moved into this street.
[B] There's no kind of people [E] you could ever owe to me.
And I've had a note from council, [F#m] a young chap brought it round.
[D#]
[B] He said that very soon they're going to knock our [E] housing down.
I was wondering [C#m] how it _ was supposed to be.
A brand new flat not [G#m] far from here just [F#m] waiting for it to see.
[G#] So I thought I'd take a stroll round [C#m] there and give the place a eye.
[F#m] But it came as quite a shock to find it fifteen [B] stories high.
[E] Oh I don't want [C#m] to leave [A] me all too up [E] too down.
[B] It isn't much to look [E] at but at least it's on the [A] ground.
It would [B] surely break my [E] heart for me to say [C#m] goodbye.
[A] When they move me to that room of_
[E] _ _ _ _
_next
door neighbour.
[F#m] Well he have got to go.
[B]
But he was none the wiser.
[E] No one seems to know.
But he said there were a rumour that [F#m] he heard the other day.
[B]
Someone said they need the Smiths [D#] to build a motorway.
[C#m] So I walked a mile to the flat going to [G#m] be a queen.
[C#m]
In the [G#m] suitcase large enough [F#m] to hold me [B] memories.
[G#] And I can't take me old dog Ben [C#m] because Ben can't tell her.
[F#m] They say you won't visit him.
So I lied for [B] months in a cloud. _
[E] Oh I [C#m] don't want to [A] leave me all too up too [E] down.
[B] It isn't much to look [E] at but at least it's on the ground.
[A] It would [B] surely break my [E] heart for me to say [C#m] goodbye.
[A] When they move me to that _ [E] _ _ _
room_
Just the other day I saw [F#m] me old friend Mrs Rose.
[B]
She has a flat the same as mine [E] on the other side of town.
She said it's nice and [F#m] cosy but there's one thing makes her vexed.
[B] She doesn't see a [B] single soul from one day to the next.
[C#m] _
[G#m] So _ [C#m] before I [G#m] want to stay [C#m] I wish that I [G#m] could close me eyes [F#m] and make it [B] go away.
[G#] The only consolation [C#m] I'll say to be quite sure.
[F#m] I'm sure to get to heaven because I'll [C#] be a queen. _ _
[E] Oh I [C#m] don't want to [A] leave me all too up too [E] down.
[B] It isn't much to look [E] at but at least it's on the ground.
[A] It would [B] surely break my [E] heart for me to say [C#m] goodbye.
When [A] they move me to [B] that room locked in [E] the sky.
When [A] they move me to [B] that room locked in [E] the sky. _ _ _
We travel around the Northwest quite a lot and we see many towns which are changing like mad.
It's unbelievable.
West Orton, for our hometown, is a perfect example.
You wouldn't recognise it now compared to what it was even five, six years ago.
And this song tells about that problem and mainly the people that suffer from it.
That's the old people.
It's a lovely song called The Room in the Sky. _ _ _ _ _
It's nigh on fifty years since [F#m] I moved into this street.
[B] There's no kind of people [E] you could ever owe to me.
And I've had a note from council, [F#m] a young chap brought it round.
[D#]
[B] He said that very soon they're going to knock our [E] housing down.
I was wondering [C#m] how it _ was supposed to be.
A brand new flat not [G#m] far from here just [F#m] waiting for it to see.
[G#] So I thought I'd take a stroll round [C#m] there and give the place a eye.
[F#m] But it came as quite a shock to find it fifteen [B] stories high.
[E] Oh I don't want [C#m] to leave [A] me all too up [E] too down.
[B] It isn't much to look [E] at but at least it's on the [A] ground.
It would [B] surely break my [E] heart for me to say [C#m] goodbye.
[A] When they move me to that room of_
[E] _ _ _ _
_next
door neighbour.
[F#m] Well he have got to go.
[B]
But he was none the wiser.
[E] No one seems to know.
But he said there were a rumour that [F#m] he heard the other day.
[B]
Someone said they need the Smiths [D#] to build a motorway.
[C#m] So I walked a mile to the flat going to [G#m] be a queen.
[C#m]
In the [G#m] suitcase large enough [F#m] to hold me [B] memories.
[G#] And I can't take me old dog Ben [C#m] because Ben can't tell her.
[F#m] They say you won't visit him.
So I lied for [B] months in a cloud. _
[E] Oh I [C#m] don't want to [A] leave me all too up too [E] down.
[B] It isn't much to look [E] at but at least it's on the ground.
[A] It would [B] surely break my [E] heart for me to say [C#m] goodbye.
[A] When they move me to that _ [E] _ _ _
room_
Just the other day I saw [F#m] me old friend Mrs Rose.
[B]
She has a flat the same as mine [E] on the other side of town.
She said it's nice and [F#m] cosy but there's one thing makes her vexed.
[B] She doesn't see a [B] single soul from one day to the next.
[C#m] _
[G#m] So _ [C#m] before I [G#m] want to stay [C#m] I wish that I [G#m] could close me eyes [F#m] and make it [B] go away.
[G#] The only consolation [C#m] I'll say to be quite sure.
[F#m] I'm sure to get to heaven because I'll [C#] be a queen. _ _
[E] Oh I [C#m] don't want to [A] leave me all too up too [E] down.
[B] It isn't much to look [E] at but at least it's on the ground.
[A] It would [B] surely break my [E] heart for me to say [C#m] goodbye.
When [A] they move me to [B] that room locked in [E] the sky.
When [A] they move me to [B] that room locked in [E] the sky. _ _ _