Piper to the end (video)

instrumental intro = verse 1

C Am F - C F C F - C

1. When I leave this world behind me, to another I will go,

C Em Am C F G

if there are no pipes in heaven, I’ll be going down below.

G C - Am F C F - C

If friends in time be severed, someday we will meet again,

C Em Am - C F C

I’ll return to leave you never, be a piper to the end. + Am - F - C

C Am F - C F C F - C

2. This has been a day to die for, now the day is almost done,

C Em Am C F G

up above a quiet seabird turns to face the setting sun.

G C - Am F C F - C

Now the evening dove is calling, and all the hills are burning red,

C Em Am - C

and before the night comes falling,

F C

clouds are lined with golden thread.

G C - F C Am F

We watched the fire together, shared our quarters for a while,

G C Am F - G

walked the dusty roads together, came so many miles.

C Am F - C F C F

3. This has been a day to die on, now the day is almost done,

C - Em Am C F G

here the pipes will lay beside me, silent with the battle drum.

G C - Am F C F - C

If friends in time be severed, someday we will meet again,

C Em Am - C F C

I return to leave you never, be a piper to the end.

+ instrumental = verse 3 (2x) .....

(Mark Knopfler)