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E E/Eb C#m B F#m B E/G#
Mother of disaster and sister of our fate
A F#m B
Do you count the tragedies we see?
E E/Eb C#m B F#m B E/G#
Father of confusion and brother of debate
A B B7 E
Do you recall the sister of Rosemary?
A B E C#m
The doodlebugs were flying and the blitz was at its high
A E A F#m B
Rosemary lay sleeping with her sister only five
E E/Eb C#m B F#m B E
And no one heard the one that hit, the one that blew the lid
A E B B7 E
Rosemary came out crying but her sister never did
E/G# A B E
And you fly high, and your dreams are all in vain
A E F#m B
One moment you are singing and the next your crying in pain
E E/Eb C#m B F#m B C#m
But high above the heavens on a host of angels' wings
A E F#m B E
Rosemary's sister will be da - ncing
2 2 2 2 4 4
E - E/Eb - C#m - B - F#m - B (x2)
E E/Eb C#m B F#m B E
Her mother cried all that year as many others did
A F#m B
She'd pull through for a moment, now and then
E E/Eb C#m B F#m B E/G#
And the people down in Bethnel Street in the rubble and the stones
A B B7 E
Swept up the street and started all again
A B E C#m
When tyranny is biting you do your best to try
A E A F#m B
To stifle all your heartache till it's safe again to cry
E E/Eb C#m B F#m B E/G#
And when at last the darkness clears and the sun comes shining through
A B B7 E
You dust it off and start it all anew
E/G# A B E
And you fly high, and your dreams are all in vain
A E F#m B
One moment you are singing and the next your crying in pain
E E/Eb C#m B F#m B C#m
But high above the heavens on a host of angels' wings
A E F#m B E
Rosemary's sister will be da - ncing
Break
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2 2 2 2 4 4
E - E/Eb - C#m - B - F#m - B
2 2 2 2 2 2 4
E - E/Eb - C#m - B - F#m - B - E
2 2 2 2 8
A - E - F#m - E - B
2 2 2 2 2 2 4
E - E/Eb - C#m - B - F#m - B - E/G#
4 4 8
A - B - E
4 4 4 4
A - B - E - C#m
1 1 2 4 4 4
A > B - E - F#m - A - B
2 2 2 2 2 2 4
E - E/Eb - C#m - B - F#m - B - E/G#
4 4
A - B
4 2 2 4 4
E - A > B - F#m - B
2 2 2 2 4 4
E - E/Eb - C#m - B - F#m - B
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E E/Eb C#m B F#m B E/G#
There's a teacher in the classroom, there's a mother in the hall
A F#m B
The children sit and wait for the bell for home
E E/Eb C#m B F#m B E/G#
And Rosemary is waiting, she has a child now of her own
A B B7 E
And she's waiting to collect and take her home
A B E C#m
But sometimes in the silence, in the firelight where she sits
A E A F#m B
Her mind goes back to Bethnel Street, to the darkness and the blitz
E E/Eb C#m B A B C#m
And she knows if there's another one, then the end will be complete,
A B B7 E
Well, I wonder what they'd say in the Bethnel Street
E/G# A B E
And you fly high, and your dreams are all in vain
A E F#m B
One moment you are singing and the next your crying in pain
E E/Eb C#m B F#m B C#m
But high above the heavens on a host of angels' wings
A E F#m B E
Rosemary's sister will be da - ncing
2 2 2 2 4 4 End
E - E/Eb - C#m - B - F#m - B E