THE ONE ABOUT ENGLAND: RODNEY CROWELL (D#) (88 – 4/4) (Rodney Crowell) This beautiful song can be found on Rodney Crowell's 1980 album: BUT WHAT WILL THE NEIGHBORS THINK. To play in the original key, place a capo on the first fret. |./. |: Repeat the previous measure of 4-counts. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++INTRO: | | | | |./. | | | |./. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------1: | MERRY ENGLAND LIVES JUST SOUTH OF NOTTINGHILL, | | | IN DAILY DREAMS OF SHAKESPEARE LIKE SOME PISCES WILL. ./. | THOUGH SHE'S NEVER BEEN BEYOND THE LADBROKE GATE, | | THE WORLD HAS SPUN AROUND THERE MANY TIMES OF LATE. ======================================================================CHORUS: | | CAN CAROLINE REMEMBER, HE THAT DID BEFRIEND HER, | | (2-count) | AND SCARCELY TOUCHED THE BEAUTY, OF A SADNESS ON HER SOUL. | | SO SUBTLE WERE HER CHANGES, NO ONE EVEN NOTICED, | | (2-count) | THAT MANY YEARS OF CRYING AND SHE BARELY LET IT SHOW. | | |./. | THAT'S THE PRICE YOU HAVE TO PAY TO GROW SO OLD. *******************************************************************INTERLUDE: | | | |./. | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------2: | ENGLAND'S TURNING GREEN FROM ALL THOSE YEARS OF RAIN, | | | LIKE MOSS ALONG THE FENCES DOWN OL' MEMORY LANE. ./. | POETRY IN MOTION WHILE SHE STANDS THERE STILL, | | | SOME MAIDEN IN A CASTLE UP ON NOTTING-HILL. *******************************************************************INTERLUDE: | | | | | | | | | | | | +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++OUTRO: | | | | | I DREA-M OF ENGLAND AND HER AU - BURN HAIR, AND I MISS CA-RO- LINE. | | | |./. | | | | This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. Have fun, DAIRYBEAT on: