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DAmong the headstones Fyou Cplayed as boysG  D  
Crypts and tombs Flike a Croomful of toysG  D  
Just up the river Ffrom the Csmoke and the noisGe, DGethsemFanCeG  D  
And there’s war-whoops Fand Csecret signs in the treeGsD  
Estuary smells Fcoming Cup on the breezGeD  
O perfect Fendless Cdays like these, GO GDethsemaFneC  G  
BbSailboat on the Cadie, Cpushbike on the quay
In your Dmeyes there’s fire, in your Gmhand destiny
‘O Fbe something, Bbbe something Dfine!’
Just down the river, into the noise and the smoke
Being daring with the staring, uncaring folk
Who laugh with you, laugh at you, you’ll never get the joke Gethsemane
And they broke your spirit there in the marines
Flushed your head down in the latrines
Frozen in your sacrement, derailed in your teens never saw the enemy
And those bosses betrayed, soon let you go
The fire in your eyes, how could they know
‘O be something, be something fine!’
Now you’ve got your own boys, hell bent for leather
Dead before they’re 18, or bitter old men forever
They never saw the halo moon rise over the river of Gethsemane
Now there’s a pain in your head puts lead in your shoes
Better get it seen to, it’s going to be bad news
How did the perfect world get so confused, O Gethsemane
Who sucked out the freedom, days without end
Under the weight of it all you must bend
‘O be something, be something fine!’ 

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Gethsemane

by Richard Thompson

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D F C G D

Among the headstones you played as boys

F C G D

Crypts and tombs like a roomful of toys

F C G D F C G D

Just up the river from the smoke and the noise, Gethsemane

F C G D

And there’s war-whoops and secret signs in the trees

F C G D

Estuary smells coming up on the breeze

F C G D F C G

O perfect endless days like these, O Gethsemane

Bb C

Sailboat on the Cadie, pushbike on the quay

Dm Gm

In your eyes there’s fire, in your hand destiny

F Bb D

‘O be something, be something fine!’

Just down the river, into the noise and the smoke

Being daring with the staring, uncaring folk

Who laugh with you, laugh at you, you’ll never get the joke Gethsemane

And they broke your spirit there in the marines

Flushed your head down in the latrines

Frozen in your sacrement, derailed in your teens never saw the enemy

And those bosses betrayed, soon let you go

The fire in your eyes, how could they know

‘O be something, be something fine!’

Now you’ve got your own boys, hell bent for leather

Dead before they’re 18, or bitter old men forever

They never saw the halo moon rise over the river of Gethsemane

Now there’s a pain in your head puts lead in your shoes

Better get it seen to, it’s going to be bad news

How did the perfect world get so confused, O Gethsemane

Who sucked out the freedom, days without end

Under the weight of it all you must bend

‘O be something, be something fine!’

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