Hob Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Am][G][C][G][A][Am][G][Dm][Am][G][Am][G][Am][C]
[Am]
[C][Cm][C][Am][Cm]

[Verse 1]
We [Cm]ascended the foaming stair
To the mouth of the Hob
[Db]thrush's cave
[Eb]Undecanted the hot wine [Ab]from
a nanny's [Cm]throat
And placed [Db]loaves on the [Dm]greasy [C]stones
[Cm]

[Verse 2]
Our baby's lips are blue
Our baby's eyes grow [Db]dim
Take it [Eb]off! Take it off! Take it [Ab]off
- the [Cm]whooping cough
And we'd [Db]be your e[Dm]ternal
[C]debtors[Cm]

[Verse 3]
As the [Eb]doorway drew [Ab]near
our [Cm]eldest ap[C]peared
[G]With a [Ab]bundle [Bb]in her a[Eb]rms
It was clutching her [Ab]tresses and
[Bbsus4]nuzz ling [Bb]her breast[G]
And the [Ab]colour [Bb]was ret[G]urned

[Interlude 1]
[Cm]
I used to hold [C]him [Cm]in

[Verse 4]
the palm of one hand
Now he's [C]grown [Cm]as tall a[Db]s I am
With the [Eb]face of his mother
[Ab]veiled in downy [Cm]gold
On [Db]the broad shoulders [Dm]of a ma[C]n
[Cm]He is

[Verse 5]
[C]strong [Cm]with the second sight
In these parts held in some [Db]renown
Using [Eb]words not his own he
[Ab]veraciously foretold
[Cm]Of a droug[Db]ht when
the [Dm]stream was [C]bulging
[D][C]

[Verse 6]
[Cm]When the pic[Fm]tures [Cm]be come too real
He buries his nose in the bush of [Db]my beard
And gently [Eb]pinches [Db]my ea[Eb]rlob[Ab]e between
thumb [Cm]and forefinger
Until the [Db]present [Dm]is re[G]stored[Cm][C]
[Cm]At the [Eb]murmur of [Ab]dawn there's a

[Verse 7]
[Cm]
knock at the [Gm]door
And a [Ab]small man [Bb]standing [Eb]by
He is wearing [Ab]a dogshide and
[Bb]flies for a [G]crown
[Gm]One good e[Ab]ye a s[Bb]parkling w[Cm]ell in his b[G]row
[Cm]I'd alre[Ab]ady acqu[Eb]ainted[Ab]
my[Cm]self of that [Gm]voice
Be[Ab]fore he'd [Bb]even [Eb]spoke:

[Verse 8]
"I have come to col[Ab]lect what
is [Bb]right[Bbsus4]fully owed[G]
Rouse [Gm]the [Ab]boy from s[Bb]lept
Get him [Cm]bathed and [Gm]dressed
It is [Ab]time he [Bb]kept your [B]end of the [C]bargain"

[Verse 9]
[C]The bargain