Rosemarys Sister by Fairport Convention, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Rosemarys Sister

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Fairport Convention is often credited with being one of the first English folk rock bands. Formed in 1967, Fairport rapidly developed from playing cover versions of American 'west coast' music to an individual style which melded rock music with traditional English folk tunes and songs.

Like their peers The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and Jefferson Airplane they were blessed with several considerable individual talents and produced music that -at least initially- was eclectic, as well as exploratory.

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

standard tuning

[Chords]
C*- x32013
C/B- x20010

[Intro]
C* C/B Am F G C C F G
C* C/B Am F G Am F G C

[Verse 1]
C C/B Am F G C
mother of disaster and sister of our fate
C F G
do you recall the tragedy we see
C C/B Am F G Am
father of confusion and brother of debate
F G C
do you recall the sister of rosemary

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

[Pre-chorus]
C Am G C
And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
Am C F G
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain

[Chorus]
C C/B Am
And high above the heavens
F G Am
on a host of angels wings
C F G C
rosemarys sister will be dancing

[Verse 2]
C C/B Am F G C
her mother cried all that year as many others did
C F G
she pulled thru for a moment now and then
C C/B Am F G Am
and the people down in bethnal street in the rubble of the storm
F G C
swept up their lives and started on again

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

[Pre-chorus]
C Am G C
And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
Am C F G
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain

[Chorus]
C C/B Am
And high above the heavens
F G Am
on a host of angels wings
C F G C
rosemarys sister will be dancing

[Verse 3]
C C/B Am
theres a teacher in the classroom
F G C
theres mothers in the hall
C F G
children sit and wait for the bell for home
C C/B Am F G Am
rosemary is waiting she's a child now of her own
F G C
she's waiting to collect and take her home

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

[Pre-chorus]
C Am G C
And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
Am C F G
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain

[Chorus]
C C/B Am
And high above the heavens
F G Am
on a host of angels wings
C F G C
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.
Questions just email me - [email protected]

tabbed by nex