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The Watchman's Gone Chords

Music by: Gordon Lightfoot · 1974
Genre Folk / World Views 100
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Guitar

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[Intro 1]
[G][D][F][C]
[G][G][G][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]Just like bir[D]ds of a fea[C]ther
[G]We too have followed the golden sun[Em]
[G]It feels so goo[D]d,
[F]Knowin' the wat[C]chman's gon[G]e

[Verse 2]
[G]If I giv[D]e you a ros[C]e, buddy
[G]Would you please bury it in the fie[Em]lds?
[G]I seen a ros[D]e
[F]Watchin' it all[C] fold out[G]

[Verse 3]
[G]There's a tra[D]in down at the sta[C]tion
[G]It's come to carry my bones awa[Em]y
[G]Two engines on[D]
[F]Twenty-one coa[C]ches lon[G]g End to end[D]
[F]Twenty-one coa[C]ches bend
[G]The watchman's out[D]
[F]Kickin' the bum[C]s abo[G]ut

[Verse 4]
[G]If I wai[D]t for the right mom[C]ent
[G]You can bet I'll climb aboard unsee[Em]n
[G]I've done it bef[D]ore
[F]I know I can do [C]it in my sle[G]ep

[Chorus 1]
[G]The watchman's out[D]
[F]Kickin' the bum[C]s abou[G]t
The watchman's [D]out
[F]Kickin' your dre[C]ams abo[G]ut

[Solo 1]
[G][D][C]
[G][Em]
[G][D]
[F][C][G][G]

[Verse 5]
[G]As I lea[D]ve you in the sun[C]set
[G]Got one more nothin' I'd like to say[Em]
[G]"You don't know me[D]
[F]A son of the sea[C] am I"[G]

[Verse 6]
[G]As I say[D] to you, my bro[C]ther
[G]If you live to follow the golden sun[Em]
[G]You better bew[D]are
[F]Knowin' the wat[C]chman's always the[G]re

[Verse 7]
[G]If you fin[D]d me feedin' dai[C]sies
[G]Please turn my face up to the sky[Em]
[G]And leave me be[D]
[F]Watchin' the moo[C]n roll by
[G]Whatever I was[D]
[F]You know it was all[C] because
[G]I've been on the tow[D]n
[F]Washin' the bul[C]lshit dow[G]n

[Chorus 2]
[G]The watchman's out[D]
[F]Kickin' your dre[C]ams abo[G]ut
It feels so [D]good
[F]Knowin' the wat[C]chman's
[G]gone It's like a [D]song
[F]Knowin' the wat[C]chman's gon[G]e

[Outro 1]
[G][D][C]
[G][Em]
[G][D]
[F][C][G]
[Fade out]
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