Thirty Foot Trailer chords by The Watersons

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
FF

Verse 1:
  FF                 C majorC
The old ways are changing, you cannot deny,
  FF           Bb majorBb C majorC
The day of the travellers ov-er;
    DmDm     Bb majorBb       FF     Bb majorBb
There's nowhere to go and there's nowhere to bide,
    FF            Bb majorBb FF
So farewell to the life of the ro-ver.

Chorus 1:
  FF            Bb majorBb   C majorC
Farewell to the tent and the old caravan,
    FF      Bb majorBb     FF     C majorC
To the tinker, the Gypsy, the travelling man
    FF            Bb majorBb FF
And farewell to the thirty-foot trailer.

Verse 2:
  FF                  C majorC
Farewell to the cant and the travelling tongue,
  FF         Bb majorBb C majorC
Farewell to the Romani talking,
  DmDm     Bb majorBb      FF      Bb majorBb
The buying and selling, the old fortune telling,
  FF             Bb majorBb FF
The knock on the door and the hawking.

Chorus 2:
  FF            Bb majorBb   C majorC
Farewell to the tent and the old caravan,
    FF      Bb majorBb     FF     C majorC
To the tinker, the Gypsy, the travelling man
    FF            Bb majorBb FF
And farewell to the thirty-foot trailer.

Verse 3:
    FF                  C majorC
You've got to move fast to keep up with the times
  FF            Bb majorBb C majorC
For these days a man cannot dander;
     DmDm    Bb majorBb      FF     Bb majorBb
There's a bylaw to say you must be on your way
   FF            Bb majorBb FF
And another to say you can't wander.

Chorus 3:
  FF            Bb majorBb   C majorC
Farewell to the tent and the old caravan,
    FF      Bb majorBb     FF     C majorC
To the tinker, the Gypsy, the travelling man
    FF            Bb majorBb FF
And farewell to the thirty-foot trailer.

Verse 4:
  FF                 C majorC
Farewell to the besoms of heather and broom,
  FF             Bb majorBb C majorC
Farewell to the creel and the basket,
    DmDm     Bb majorBb       FF     Bb majorBb
For the folks of today they would far sooner pay
   FF               Bb majorBb FF
For a thing that's been made out of plastic.

Chorus 4:
  FF            Bb majorBb   C majorC
Farewell to the tent and the old caravan,
    FF      Bb majorBb     FF     C majorC
To the tinker, the Gypsy, the travelling man
    FF            Bb majorBb FF
And farewell to the thirty-foot trailer.

Verse 5:
  FF                 C majorC
Farewell to the pony, the cob, and the mare
     FF             Bb majorBb C majorC
Where the reins and the harness are id-le;
  DmDm      Bb majorBb        FF      Bb majorBb
You don't need a strap when you're breaking up scrap
    FF            Bb majorBb FF
So farewell to the bit and the bridle.

Chorus 5:
  FF            Bb majorBb   C majorC
Farewell to the tent and the old caravan,
    FF      Bb majorBb     FF     C majorC
To the tinker, the Gypsy, the travelling man
    FF            Bb majorBb FF
And farewell to the thirty-foot trailer.

Verse 6:
  FF                     C majorC
Farewell to the fields where we've sweated and toiled
  FF            Bb majorBb C majorC
At pulling and shoving and lifting,
    DmDm     Bb majorBb       FF     Bb majorBb
They'll soon have machines and the travelling queens
     FF           Bb majorBb FF
And their menfolk had better be shifting.

Chorus 6:
  FF            Bb majorBb   C majorC
Farewell to the tent and the old caravan,
    FF      Bb majorBb     FF     C majorC
To the tinker, the Gypsy, the travelling man
    FF            Bb majorBb FF
And farewell to the thirty-foot trailer.