Rosemarys Sister

- 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 - 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 - 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