Key: D
Introduction:
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In and out of the front door, ran twelve back-door angels.
C D G C Am
Their hair was a golden-brown ---
Am D BEm
they didn't see me wink my eye.
Em D C D Em
`Tis said they put we men to sleep with just a whisper,
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And touch the heads of dying dogs --- and make them linger.
Em D C D Em
They carry their candles high --- and they light the dark hours.
C D G C Am D
And sweep all the country clean with pressed and scented wild-flowers.
Em C7M Am C D Em
They grow all their roses red, and paint our skies blue ---
C D G C Am
drop one penny in every second bowl ---
Am D BEm
make half the beggars lose,
Em D C D Em
why do the faithful have such a will to believe in something?
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And call it the name they choose,
Am D BEm
having chosen nothing.
Em D: Am D: E:
(Something like this for "Think I'll sit down...")
Em D C Em DEm
Think I'll sit down and invent some fool --- some Grand Court Jester.
C D G C Am D BEm
And next time the die is cast, he'll throw a six or two.
In and out of the back-door, ran one front-door angel,