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song : wake up john ( hanging song ) album : babbacombe lee ( 1971 ) artist : fairport convention ( written by dave swarbick and dave pegg ) A capella ( A ) wake up john , it’s time to go come along john and don’t be slow come along john , don’t be slow wake up john , it’s time to go wake up john , it’s time to go intro Dm A x 7 G D F verse 1 A F G A A priest joins the procession just to help me kneel Bm C#m D Dm with A warder at my elbow and another at my heel A F G A marching in the morning down A path i’ve lately seen Bm C#m D Dm i was sleeping in this garden , Am i still within my dream? A F G A the echo of my heartbeat is the beating of A drum Bm C#m D Dm and all the earth is singing with life’s sweet hum A F G A we filed in solemn silence , shuffled through A door Bm C#m G A the place where life is taken for the letter of the law chorus A D E shake the holy water , summon up the guard B A G F#m dying’s very easy , waiting’s very hard verse 2 F#m Bm A rope was hanging from the roof , A sight which puzzles me F#m B i thought A gibbet and A guard would make A gallows tree E G but now all is revealed , stamped there is the command A B my feet are on the trapdoor with A rope around my hand A F G A and now the executioner is shaking hands with me Bm C#m D Dm \"my duty i must carry out , you poor fellow , \" says he A F G A A rope is tied around my feet and A bag upon my head Bm C#m D Dm and then the noose which separates the living from the dead chorus verse 3 F#m Bm there he whispers to me \"have you anything to say?\" F#m Bm my mouth is dry , my throat is tight , i answer \"drop away\" E G silence now surrounds me , my heart is beating on A B the trapdoor hardly moves at all , my life is still my own violin solo A F G A x8 A F G A they stand me in A corner with my hands and feet still bound Bm C#m D Dm while A carpenter is called for and an explanation found A F G A \"the rain has warped the timbers , \" i hear the hangman say Bm C#m D Dm \"it’s funny but it worked well , i tried it yesterday\" F#m Bm \"all is mended now , \" they say , \"your ordeal’s nearly over F#m B your life’s as good as ended , \" but i hear their voices waver E G once more the bolt is shaken and again i hang in limbo A B while the guards jump on the trapdoor and my body stands on tip - toe chorus verse 4 A F G A they stand me in A corner with my hands and feet still tied Bm C#m D Dm A warder holds onto the noose , the trapdoor opens wide A F G A is it magic or coincidence that keeps me on the brink? Bm C#m D Dm it seems to work without me , \"will it kill me now?\" i think F#m Bm \"please , i’m tired of living and i really want to die\" F#m B i was taken to the scaffold and i heard the hangman cry E G \"lee , i’m truly sorry , forgive these hands of mine\" A B he threew the bolt and i felt the jolt the third and final time F#m Bm my life was spared that morning ’cos it wasn’t theirs to take F#m B three’s the most the law requires , A man to feel the stake chorus x2