Biography:
Tom Hickox (born in London in 1981) is a British singer-songwriter.
He is the son of Richard Hickox CBE, one of Britain's most renowned conductors and Grammy Award winner with over 280 recordings to his credit. His mother was an orchestral timpanist.
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[Verse]
Dm A7/E
The lights were on, and you were gone, working for your wheat
Dm/F D7/F#
And the shadow from the minute hand shifted in retreat
Gm Dm/A
And I will write your elegy, a craftsman at his peak
A7/E Dm
If you can tell me where you were when your baby was asleep
Dm A7/E
I picked up tips, learned my tricks from professionals on the street
Dm/F D7/F#
Have my slab and cleaving blades, a butcher on my neat
Gm Dm/A
And I will carve the choicest cuts, and serve them as your treat
A7/E Dm
If you can tell me where you were when your baby was asleep
[Chorus]
Gm Dm
Gentle was the touch of you
Gm7/Bb Am7/C
Your hands they commit
Gm7/Bb Dm/A
Did scatter every demon where
A7/E Dm
Your baby was asleep
(Weird Interlude)
[Verse]
Dm A7/E
And now you say to me today through stained and gritted teeth
Dm/F D7/F#
That you had tried your uttermost to delay the laurel wreath
Gm Dm/A
And thinking of your father's disapproval makes you weak
A7/E Dm
Cause you were not a father when your baby was asleep
[Chorus]
Gm Dm
Gentle was the touch of you
Gm7/Bb Am7/C
Your hands they commit
Gm7/Bb Dm/A
Did scatter every demon where
A7/E Dm
Your baby was asleep
Dm A7/E
The lights were on, and you were gone, working for your wheat
Dm/F D7/F#
And the shadow from the minute hand shifted in retreat
Gm Dm/A
And I will write your elegy, a craftsman at his peak
A7/E Dm
If you can tell me where you were when your baby was asleep
Dm A7/E
I picked up tips, learned my tricks from professionals on the street
Dm/F D7/F#
Have my slab and cleaving blades, a butcher on my neat
Gm Dm/A
And I will carve the choicest cuts, and serve them as your treat
A7/E Dm
If you can tell me where you were when your baby was asleep
[Chorus]
Gm Dm
Gentle was the touch of you
Gm7/Bb Am7/C
Your hands they commit
Gm7/Bb Dm/A
Did scatter every demon where
A7/E Dm
Your baby was asleep
(Weird Interlude)
[Verse]
Dm A7/E
And now you say to me today through stained and gritted teeth
Dm/F D7/F#
That you had tried your uttermost to delay the laurel wreath
Gm Dm/A
And thinking of your father's disapproval makes you weak
A7/E Dm
Cause you were not a father when your baby was asleep
[Chorus]
Gm Dm
Gentle was the touch of you
Gm7/Bb Am7/C
Your hands they commit
Gm7/Bb Dm/A
Did scatter every demon where
A7/E Dm
Your baby was asleep
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