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The Ballad of Accounting is by Ewan MacColl:, chosen by Sally Taylor, who also wrote the tune we placed at the end, which she has appropriately named "The Ledger".
lyrics
4/4 (Tune)
Dm C Dm C
Dm C Bb C Dm
Dm C Dm C
Dm C Bb C Dm
5/8 (Verse 1 Part 1)
Dm x4
Dm
In the morning we built the city
Dm C
Walked through it's sreets in the afternoon
F C
Evening saw us leaving
4/4 (Verse 1 Part 2)
Dm C Dm
We wandered through our days as if they would never end
Dm C
All of us imagined we had endless time to spend
Dm C
We hardly saw the crossroads and small attention gave
Dm
To the landmarks on the journey from the
3/4 (Verse 1 Part 3)
C Dm
Cradle to the grave
C Dm
Cradle to the grave
C Dm
Cradle to the grave
Verse 2
Did you learn to dream in the morning?
Abandon dreams in the afternoon?
Wait without hope in the evening?
Did you stand there in the traces and let 'em feed you lies?
Did you trail along behind them wearing blinkers on your eyes?
Did you kiss the foot that kicked you, did you thank them for their scorn?
Did you ask for their forgiveness for the
Act of being born?
Act of being born?
Act of being born?
Verse 3
Did you alter the face of the city?
Make any change in the world you found?
Or did you observe all the warnings?
Did you read the trespass notices, did you keep off the grass?
Did you shuffle off the pavements just to let your betters pass?
Did you learn to keep your mouth shut, were you seen and never heard?
Did you learn to be obedient and
Jump to at a word?
Jump to at a word?
Jump to at a word?
Tune (alternate chords)
Dm C Dm C
Dm C Bb C Dm
Bb C Bb C
Bb C Bb C Dm
Verse 4 (Loud)
Did you demand any answers?
The who and the what and the reason why?
Did you ever question the setup?
Did you stand aside and let 'em choose while you took second best?
Did you let 'em skim the cream off and then give to you the rest?
Did you settle for the shoddy and did you think it right,
To let 'em rob you right and left and
Never make a fight?
Never make a fight?
Never make a fight?
[Fiddles]
7 cycles of the slow tune, then back into 5/8
(bass notes)
C Am G C Am G C Dm
Verse 5 (Quiet)
What did you learn in the morning?
How much did you know in the afternoon?
Were you content in the evening?
Did they teach you how to question when you were at the school?
Did the factory help you grow, were you the maker or the tool?
Did the place where you were living, enrich your life and then?
Did you reach some understanding of
All your fellow men?
All your fellow men?
All your fellow men?
credits
from The Confluence,
track released December 2, 2016
The Ballad of Accounting is by Ewan MacColl:, chosen by Sally Taylor, who also wrote the tune we placed at the end, which she has appropriately named "The Ledger".
Arranged by Stray Hens Richard Grace, Mandy Connell, Carmen O'Brien, Ryan Tews, Sally Taylor
Recorded by the Stray Hens at Echidna Studios (Christmas Hills, VIC)
Recorded and Mixed by Luke Plumb.
Mastered by Mattie Foulds (UK)
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