Songs from the Floodplain Chords/Lyrics Thread

[Jubal]

For chords & lyrics from Jon Boden's "post-apocalyptic folk music" concept album.


DANCING IN THE FACTORY CHORDS/LYRICS:

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VERSE 1:
The news was on the church-house door
       G                      Em
And all over the valley
      C                G
Were stormclouds brewing in the east
        C                             G
And wildfire in the city
      G                   D
And all night long the hammers rang
       D                               Em           G
And those who could were leaving
      C                                          G
And those who stayed have gone to ground
       Em                                     C          D
And talk is harsh and fleeting
           G                         D    G

CHORUS
And all that I can think about
    Em                 G       D
Is wood-smoke in the valley
    Em                       G   D
Kisses in the fallout shelter
    Em                       G   D
Dancing in the factory
    Em               G   D
That closed so long ago
       C                   D
And no-one ever goes there now
      C                   D           G

VERSE 2:
We cling to words like children
And seek for hidden meaning
Long after sense has ceased to be
And reason is receding
But words have torn this world apart
And left us stooped and pleading
We shovel dust
And hide our hope
And wrap ourselves in dreaming

CHORUS

VERSE 3:
Tonight the curfew bells ring out
Across the shrouded valley
And all the candles flicker out
And shadows claim their quarry
But I will take the blackthorn path
Across the parish boundary
Where the ivy and barbed wire entwine
And leaves fall all around me

FINAL CHORUS:
Then maybe I will catch the scent
Of wood-smoke in the valley
Find kisses in the fallout shelter
Dancing in the factory
That closed so long ago
And no-one ever goes there now