The Last Lamplighter by Cathal Coughlan
From the Cathal Coughlan’s 1996 Grand Necropolitan album. Written by Cathal Coughlan. No capo.
INTRO
[Bm7b5/A]
VERSE 1
[Bm7b5/A] Night signed the windows with an icy thumb
Soon the [Bm7b5/A] cracks in the glass light up with steely sun
[Bm7b5/A]
The [Bm7b5/A] last lamplighter, departing
Leaves his [Bm7b5/A] iron vines to their rusting
[Gm7] [Cm] [D] (x2)
VERSE 2
[Bm7b5/A] A rip-up of rails, of tabular lives
[Bm7b5/A] Loosing the leavings in the drear defiles
[Bm7b5/A]
The [Bm7b5/A] last lamplighter is leaving
Mind your [Bm7b5/A] throats on the highway this evening
[Gm7] [Cm] [D] (x2)
[D] Count the babies’ heads [Gm7] [Cm]
[Cm] By [D] making some notches on the table-legs
And [Gm7] next time [Cm] Mars crosses the [D] Somme
Ah he [Gm7] won’t think you [Cm] worth a [D] bomb
FADE
[Bm7b5/A]
[Gm7] [Cm] [D]