Southampton Dock
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Southampton Dock
Pink Floyd
#From: andrade@elm.circa.ufl.edu (Prashant Andrade)
F
They disembarked in 45,
Bb
And no-one spoke and no-one smiled
C
There were to many spaces in the li
F
ne.
Gathered at the cenotaph
Bb
All agreed with the hand on heart,
C
To sheath the sacrificial knive
F
s.
But now she
F
stands upon Southampton dock
With her
Bb
handkerchief
And her summer frock
C
clings
To her wet body in the rai
F
n.
In quiet desperation knuckles
Bb
White upon the slippery reins
She
C
bravely waves the boys goodbye aga
F
in.
Mm__
Bb
____.
Bbm
F
Bb
And still the dark stain spreads between
His
F
shoulder blades.
Bb
A mute reminder of the
F
poppy fields and graves.
F7
Gm7
F7
And
Bb
when the fight was
C
over
Dm7
C7/E
We
F
spent what
Am7
they had
Dm
made.
But
Gm7
in the bottom of our hearts
We felt the final
F
cut.
Speed