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Gethsemane Again

Al Stewart

2 acessos

   A                        Bm       A In Gloucester Cathedral, on Saturday night                C#m          Bm           A I came to your flower show, blown like a kite       F#m          Bm              E7           A And I stood by the tombstones, and gazed at the lights        F#m      Bm F#m On the altar         D               A          E7           F#m And the horse-faced old ladies and tweedy-toned men    D           A       E7            F#m Of county society they came and they went      D             A           E7        F#m With pamphlets and leaflets of Christian events         E7 For the fall  [Chorus]              A   E         D      Bm But ain't it all just like Jesus               E    E7 Crying in the rain?          A   E         D    Bm   F#m    A A E D Ain't it all just Geth-semane, again?  [Verse 2]        A                          Bm          A Oh the half-a-crown programmes on sale at the door                      C#m          Bm           A Were clutched in the teeth of the rich and the poor        F#m           Bm        E7        A As they swayed in an undertone conscience-free       F#m         Bm  F#m Forward together         D             A            E7            F#m And the outstretching hands of the swains of the Lord D            A       E7         F#m Sold the communing commuters the word      D      A        E7        F#m With LPs of Mary and photos of God        E7 In the hall  [Chorus]              A   E         D       Bm But ain't it all just like Jesus               E    E7 Crying in the rain?          A   E         D    Bm   F#m   A A E D Ain't it all just Geth-semane, again?  [Verse 3]        A                             Bm            A Oh the flowers hushed the air as the columns advanced                    C#m        Bm         A To the clinking of coins in a ritual dance     F#m            Bm          E7          A On flagstones that ached for a chance of a chance     F#m         Bm  F#m Of escaping         D        A              E7          F#m And the mystical statues looked down so depressed D              A          E7         F#m At the endless possessors becoming possessed         D           A           E7        F#m And the costumed confessors who never confessed        E7 To the wall   [Chorus]              A   E         D       Bm But ain't it all just like Jesus               E    E7 Crying in the rain?          A   E         D    Bm   F#m    A A E D Ain't it all just Geth-semane, again?  [Verse 4]      A                        Bm          A Oh I saw a blue hair-rinse, I saw a black tooth               C#m       Bm        A I saw a false face in a telephone booth         F#m         Bm               E7               A And the stark white-faced roses that screamed out the truth          F#m      Bm  F#m Of their dying       D        A            E7          F#m And a walrus's dreams and a carpenter's love D               A         E7          F#m Absorbed like a hand in a great rubber glove     D            A         E7            F#m And flown like a flag over battlefields               E7 Factories and all   [Chorus]              A   E         D       Bm But ain't it all just like Jesus               E    E7 Crying in the rain?          A   E         D    Bm   F#m   A A E D Ain't it all just Geth-semane, again?  [Verse 5]      A                         Bm           A Oh I dodged the collection box choirboy and out                           C#m           Bm          A To the streets where the wind shook my hair with a shout         F#m          Bm          E7      A And the dusty-faced daisies were blowing about      F#m     Bm  F#m So freely     D             A         E7        F#m And Christ in the ruins was wandering again       D               A           E7           F#m As he walked with the beggars and talked to the lame     D               A            E7         F#m And danced with the children and sailors who came        E7 At his call   [Chorus]              A   E         D       Bm But ain't it all just like Jesus               E    E7 Crying in the rain?          A   E    D           Bm   F#m Ain't it all just Geth-semane, again?           A   E         D          Bm Ain't it all just like Jesus               E    E7 Crying in the rain?          A   E         D   Bm  F# Ain't it all just like Nazareth again?

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