When An Old Cricketer - Roy Harper Chords

Chords: C, Fmaj7, Dm, Em, Am, G

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Genre: folk, prog rock, singer-songwriter

[Verse 1]

C Fmaj7 C Dm
When the day is done and the ball has spun in the umpires pocket away,

C Fmaj7 C Dm
And all remains in the groundsman's pains for the rest of time and a day;

C Em Am Dm
There'll be one mad dog and his master, pushing for four with the spin

C Fmaj7 C G
On a dusty pitch, with two pounds six, of willow wood in the sun.

[Chorus]

C Fmaj7 C Dm
When an old cricketer leaves the crease, you never know whether he's gone;

C Fmaj7 C
If sometimes you're catching a fleeting glimpse of a twelfth man at Silly

G
Mid-On;

C Fmaj7 C
And it could be Geoff, and it could be John, with a new ball sting in his

Dm
tail;

C Fmaj7 C
And it could be me, and it could be thee, and it could be the sting in the

G
ale,

Fmaj7 Fmaj7
sting in the ale.

[Bridge]

C Fmaj7 C Dm

C Fmaj7 C Dm

C Em Am Dm

C Fmaj7 C G

C Fmaj7 C
And it could be Geoff, and it could be John, with a new ball sting in his

Dm
tail;

C Fmaj7 C
And it could be me, and it could be thee, and it could be the sting in the

G
ale,

Fmaj7 Fmaj7
sting in the ale.

[Verse 2]

C Fmaj7 C
When the moment comes, and the gathering stands, and the clock turns back to

Dm
reflect

C Fmaj7 C
On the years of grace, as those footsteps trace for the last time out of the

Dm
act;

C Em Am Dm
Well this way of life's recollection, the hallowed strip in the haze,

C Fmaj7 C
The fabled men, and the noonday sun, are much more than just yarns of their

G
days.

[Chorus]

C Fmaj7 C Dm
When an old cricketer leaves the crease, you never know whether he's gone;

C Fmaj7 C
If sometimes you're catching a fleeting glimpse of a twelfth man at Silly

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