The Centurion
Harvey Andrews
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E|E|E|E|---------------||E|E|----- E|----------||E|E|---------------|| E|E|E|---------------||--------------||Artist - Harvey Andrews ************************* Song - The Centurion ********************** Album - The Journey (1997) **************************** Tabbed By - Ayreon77 **********************E|E|E|E|---------------||E|E|----- E|----------||E|E|---------------|| E|E|E|---------------||--------------||Tuning = StandardE|E|---------------|| CAPO 2nd FD T E|E|---------------||VERSE 1 - No Chord ******** I was born in Nineteen-hundred, Victoria was queen The first of seven children, only three made sweet sixteen It was hard but it was happy, it was roses around the door 'Till we all saluted father, as he went of to the war I was tea boy in the factory the day the news arrived Making mother one more widow, but together we survived Now the century's near over, I've watched it wax and wane And as I recall it all in all, it's a life I'd live againE|E|---------------||------------VERSE 2 ******** At 18 I was courting, Mary filled myC heart with prideD Twenty saw us married, stepping outG there side by side The work was never easy, but we didC it day by dayD Saving ha'pennies and farthingsG 'til we'd ten pounds put awayC Then the slump took jobs andG C G savings, I had a lot of timeC G So I learned the old mouth organ,F D "Buddy, can you spare a dimeG Now the century's near over, I'veC watched it wax and waneD And as I recall it all in all, it'sG D G a life I'd live againContinúa después del anuncioE|E|---------------||------------VERSE 3 ******** Two sons fast a-growing,C Nineteen-twenty-fiveD Mary wanted so a daughter, but herG health it didn't thrive She died that distant summer, butC our daughter made it throughD Until the influenza took her at theG age of twoC G In the Thirties I was busy, likeC G all other folk deprivedC G Picking coal from off theF D slagheaps, my two sons and me survivedG Now the century's near over, I'veC watched it wax and waneD And as I recall it all in all, it'sG D G a life I'd live againE|E|---------------||------------VERSE 4 ******** Thirty-six and I met Lucy, we wereC married in the springD The boys were new apprenticed andG we didn't fear a thing It was hard but it was happy, it wasC roses around the doorD 'Til we both saluted my sons asG they went off to the warC G C And I lost one in the navy, aG convoy in the MedC G Once again for king and country,F D our name numbered with the deadG Now the century's near over, I'veC watched it wax and waneD And as I recall it all in all, it'sG D G a life I'd live againE|E|---------------||------------VERSE 5 ******** The other lad was lucky, and inC Nineteen-forty-fiveD Me and Lucy lit a candle, givingG thanks he was alive I turned Fifty then and wonderedC what the future held in storeD I'd work on to the pension if weG all avoided warC G Soon my son walked down the aisleC G with a sweet girl as his brideC G And she made me think of Mary asF D she stood there by his sideG Now the century's near over, I'veC watched it wax and waneD And as I recall it all in all, it'sG D G a life I'd live againE|E|---------------||------------VERSE 6 ******** I retired in the 60's, the bungalowC downtownD Did the gardening with Lucy 'tilG the years just wore her down I lost her then with sorrow, butC remember her with joyD And I'll take her flowers tomorrowG when I go there with the boyC G For he is a fine great-grandson,C G wears his cap the wrong way roundC G And what I bought with a farthing,F D seems to cost this kid a poundG And he asks me have I really,C really lived the centuryD And I wink and whisper ‘nearly’,G and that's good enough for me NC ** I was born in Nineteen-hundred, Victoria was queen The first of seven children, onlyG three made sweet sixteenE|E|---------------||------------OUTRO ******GC D GC D GC D G