What Then Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Whe[C]n t[G]he[D][G]
great plants
of our [D]cities
have turned out their [G]last [C]finished work,
when our merchants have sold
[G]their last yard of silk
and dismissed their last [C]tired clerk,[G]
[C]When our banks have
raked in their last dollar
and have [G]paid the dividends,
when the judge of Earth
stays closed [D]for the night
and asks for a balance, [G]what then?
When the choir has sung its last an[F]them
[G]an [D]d the p[G]reacher has
made his last prayer,
[D]when the people have heard
[C]their last [F]sermon,
[C]and the sound has died on [G]the air.
When the Bible lies closed on [F]the altar,[G]
[C]an d the pews are all empty of men,
and each one [G]stands facing his record,
and the great book [D]is opened,
[G]what then?
When the actors have played
their last drama,
[D]and the mimic has mad[G]e his last fun,
[D]when the film has flashed its [C]last picture
and the billboard [G]has displayed
its last run.
When the [C]crowds seeking
pleasure
have vanished
and gone out in the darkness again
an[G]d all of our lives flash before u[D]s
and we stand before him, [G]what then?
When the bugle's call sinks into si[C]lence
[G]an [D]d the long marching
[C]column [G]stands still,
[D]when the cap[C]tain repeats his [D]last orders
[F]an [C]d they've captured
[G]the last fort and hill,
and the flag has been hauled
from the [C]masthead,[G]
[C]an d the wounded a field checked in,
And a [G]world that's rejected its
Savior [C]is [D]asked for a reason,
what then?