Peter Rowan

Drumbeats On The Watchtower

Peter Rowan


Tom: D

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[Verse 1]
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I hear drumbeats on the watchtower
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My long journey's at an end
Autumn leaves blow on the border
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I hear wild geese cry again


[Instrumental]
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(same pattern as verse)


[Verse 2]
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Oh where oh where is my darling
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Four winds blow far and wide
No one I see will ever tell me
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If she lives or if she's died


[Instrumental]
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(same pattern as verse)


[Verse 3]
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The dew is falling cold at midnight
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Underneath the bone-white moon
Shining brightly on my cabin
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Where tonight I sleep alone


[Instrumental]
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(same pattern as verse)


[Verse 4]
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I wrote a letter to my darling
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I received no reply
In the Black Hills I hear rumours
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In my dreams I hear her crying


[Instrumental]
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(same pattern as verse)


[Verse 5]
A
I hear drumbeats on the watchtower
        G               A
My long journey's at an end
Autumn leaves blow on the border
       G               A
I hear wild geese cry again
       G               A      A
I hear wild geese cry again


[Outro]
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(same pattern as verse)