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Rosemarys Sister Tab

by Fairport Convention


This a beautiful song and theer doesn't appear to be any tabs out there at all for it.

standard tuning

*- x32013
- x20010

Intro

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verse1

                             
mother of disaster and sister of our fate
                           
do you recall the tragedy we see
                            
father of confusion and brother of debate
                              
do you recall the sister of rosemary

                    
The doodlebugs were flying 
                 
the blitz was at its high
                                       
rosemary lay sleeping with her sister inly five
                 
and no one heard the One that hit 
                    
the one that blew the lid
                                           
rosemary came out crying and her sister never did


Pre chorus 

                                         
And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
                                               
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain

Chorus

                
And high above the heavens
                  
on a host of angels wings
                            
rosemarys sister will be dancing


VERSE 2

                                       
her mother cried all that year as many others did
                                    
she pulled thru for a moment now and then
                                                            
and the people down in bethnal street in the rubble of the storm
                                   
swept up their lives and started on again

                                      
when tyranny is biting you do your best to try
                                                
to stifle all the heart ache till its safe again to cry
                                                       
and when at last the darkness clears and the sun comes shining thru 
                                   
we'll dust it off and start in on a' new

Pre chorus 

                                         
And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
                                               
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain

Chorus

                
And high above the heavens
                  
on a host of angels wings
                            
rosemarys sister will be dancing

VERSE 3

                      
theres a teacher in the classroom 
                     
theres mothers in the hall
                                      
children sit and wait for the bell for home
                                     
rosemary is waiting she's a child now of her own
                                     
she's waiting to collect and take her home

                                                   
But sometimes in the silence in the firelight where she sits
                                                          
her mind goes back to bethnal street to the darkenss and the blitz
                            
and she knows if theres another one
                             PAUSE
then the end will be complete
                                  
i wonder what theyd say in bethnal street

Pre chorus 

                                         
And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
                                               
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain

Chorus

                
And high above the heavens
                  
on a host of angels wings
                            
rosemarys sister will be dancing


for any inerludes its just the intro repeated agin really with some fiddly bits added.
this is a really basic version and i have no idea what key it is actually played in-
iv heard about 10 versions all different but C works well- as does D.