The Last Watch

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[Verse 1]
     Bm                A          
They dragged her down, dead, from 
     G     A
Tobermory
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Too cheap to spare her one last 
      Em    A
head of steam
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Deep in diesel fume embrace
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Dust and soot upon the face of 
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one who was so clean
     Bm                 A         
They brought me here to watch her 
       G         A
in the boneyard
     Bm                D       
Just two old wrecks to spend the 
         Em    A
night alone
     G                D
It’s dark inside this evil place
       E                   
Clouds on the moon hide her 
                G             A   
disgrace, this whiskey hides my 
    G  A
own

[Chorus 1]
         D    G            A      
It’s the last watch on the Midland
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    D    G      A
The last watch alone
    Bm   A        G
One last night to love her
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The last night she’s whole
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[Verse 2]
Bm               A          
My guess is that we were young 
     G      A
together
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Like her’s, my strength was young 
            Em    A
and hard as steel
    G               D
And like her too, I knew my ground
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I scarcely felt the years go round 
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in answer to the wheel
    Bm                     A  
But then they quenched the fire 
              G       A
beneath the boilers
     Bm             D             
Gave me a watch and showed me out 
    Em    A
the door
   G                  D
At sixty-four, you’re still the best
E                                 
One year more, and then you’re 
       G         A         G  A
less than dust upon the floor

[Chorus 2]
         D    G            A      
It’s the last watch on the Midland
 G  A

    D    G      A
The last watch alone
    Bm   A        G
One last night to love her
    C    Bm    A     D     G A 
The last night she’s whole
Bm D G A


[Verse 3]
   Bm                A            
So here’s to useless 
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superannuation
    Bm            D              
And us old relics of the days of 
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steam
       G                D
In the morning, Lord, I would prefer
     E                             
When men with torches come for her,
     G      A           G  A
 let angels come for me

[Chorus 3]
         D    G            A      
It’s the last watch on the Midland
 G  A

    D    G      A
The last watch alone
    Bm   A        G
One last night to love her
    C    Bm    A     D
The last night she’s whole
G    A   D    G            A   
It’s the last watch on the 
    G  A
Midland
    D    G      A
The last watch alone
    Bm   A        G
One last night to love her
    C    Bm    A     D     G  A  Bm
The last night she’s whole