The Rolling Of The Hearse chords by Nikki Sudden

Chords with lyrics

The Rolling Of The Hearse (Nikki Sudden)


Capo 2nd fret


INTRO: C majorC E minorEm FF G+G (2x)

     C majorC       E minorEm
Well, I went up to the jury
    FF         G+G
And I said, "What is the cost
    C majorC        E minorEm
For forgetting you ever saw me,
     FF          G+G
I can replace what has been lost?
A minorAm           DmDm
Don't believe all the things they say,
A minorAm           DmDm
It's only going to get worse."
   C majorC             E minorEm
But they just looked straight through me
     FF         G+G
And they muttered out their curse.

    C majorC       E minorEm
I was taken from the courtroom
   FF       G+G
And chained into a cell,
     C majorC      E minorEm
And the straw that I slept on
    FF         G+G
Was the only thing I knew well.
A minorAm       DmDm
But, I didn't believe
A minorAm        DmDm
Things could get worse,
    C majorC            E minorEm
Until I heard them building the scaffold
     FF       G+G
And the rolling of the hearse.


   C majorC        E minorEm
They took me from my prison
   FF         G+G
Out into the cold grey dawn
     C majorC       E minorEm
And the faces at ev'ry window
    FF       G+G
Were as silent as the corn.
     A minorAm       DmDm
Then they put me on the scaffold
  A minorAm         DmDm
And told me to close my eyes,
  C majorC       E minorEm
But I saw Gabriel coming
    FF          G+G
And I vanished from their sight.

C majorC E minorEm FF G+G (2x)


   A minorAm        DmDm
The prison yard it is empty,
   A minorAm         DmDm
The guards have all gone home,
   C majorC          E minorEm
The hearse it stands forgotten
    FF         G+G
And the wind whispers my song.


C majorC E minorEm FF G+G (6x)

END in C majorC



on: "Old Scarlett" by The Jacobites (Glitterhouse Records, 1995)

Nikki Sudden - Dave Kusworth - Glenn Tranter - Carl Eugene Picot - Mark Williams