When the day is done, and the ball has spun
C Fmaj7In the umpire's pocket away,
And all remains, in the groundsman's pains,
C Fmaj7For the rest of time and a day.
C GThere'll be one mad dog and his master, pushing for 4 with the spin.
On a dusty pitch, with two pounds six, of willowwood in the sun.
C Fmaj7 C G
When an old cricketer leaves the crease, you never know whether he's gone,
C Fmaj7 C DmIf maybe you're catching a fleeting glimpse, of a twelfth man at silly mid-on.
C Fmaj7 C GAnd it could be Geoff, and it could be John,
With a new ball sting in his tail.
C DmAnd it could be me, and it could be thee,
C Fmaj7And it could be the sting in the ale.........sting in the ale.
Solo on verse
Verse 2 (chords as above - sorry don't have the words to hand)
Chorus (as above)
Chord note for for beginners:
All chords played as normally given in any book in standard tuning in 1st
position (ie at the bottom of the neck - which is physically the top if you're
holding the neck upwards!). Note that Roy plays G with 4 fingers - fingering
D on the B string, which makes the chord sound nicer (you dont get the jump
from B up to G for the top two strings - if any notes are to be missed
out of a chord, better to miss the 3rd(B) than the 5th(D) in general)
i.e.:
............playing D instead of open B
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and for complete beginners the rest of the chords:
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