Farewell Angelina

The Seldom Scene

Key of C · Chords: I IV V iii vi

Intro

C F C

Verse 1

C
Farewell Angelina
    F            C
The bells of the crown
C
Are being stolen by bandits
       F          C
I must follow the sound
C
The triangle tingles
        F             G
And the trumpets play slow
    Am       Em
Say farewell Angelina
    Am        Em
The sky is on fire
F          C
And I must go

Verse 2

C
There’s no need for anger
        F           C
There’s no need for blame
C
There’s nothing to prove
F                      C
Ev’rything’s still the same
C
Just a table standing empty
       F           G
By the edge of the sea
      Am       Em
Means farewell Angelina
    Am     Em
The sky is trembling
F          C
And I must leave

Interlude

C F C F C

Verse 3

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Wel, the jack and the queens
     F            C
Have forsaked the courtyard
C
Fifty-two gypsies
    F             C
Now file past the guards
C
In the space where the deuce
        F            G
And the ace once ran wild
Am       Em
Farewell Angelina
    Am     Em
The sky is folding
     F            C
I’ll see you in a while

Verse 4

C
See the cross-eyed pirates sitting
F              C
Perched in the sun
C
Shooting tin cans
       F         C
With a sawed-off shotgun
C
And the neighbors they clapped
         F               G
And they cheer with each blast
    Am       Em
And farewell Angelina
    Am             Em
The sky’s changing color
    F            C
And I must leave fast

Interlude

F C F C F G
Am Em Am Em F C

Verse 4

C
King Kong, little elves
       F             C
On the rooftops they dance
C
Valentino-type tangos
          F            C
While the makeup man’s hands
C
Shut the eyes of the dead
       F         G
Not to embarrass anyone
    Am       Em
But farewell Angelina
    Am     Em
The sky is embarrassed
    F         C
And I must be gone

Interlude

F C F C

Verse 5

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The machine guns are roaring
    F             C F  C
The puppets heave rocks
C
The fiends nail time bombs
       F            C
To the hands of the clocks
C
Call me any name you like
       F     G
I will never denyt
Am       Em
Farewell Angelina
    Am     Em
The sky is erupting
       F             C
I must go where it’s quiet

Outro

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