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Written by Graham Moore, the band love the story of this song, written in tribute to Tom Paine, who wrote "The Rights of Man". A seminal political dissertation which is credited with influenceing the American Civil War and which also sparked the response from Mary Wollstonecraft " A Vindication of Woman's Rights".
lyrics
As I dreamed out one evening by a river of discontent
F G Am
I bumped straight into old Tom Paine as running down the road he went
C F
He said, "I can't stop right now, child, King George is after me
F G Am
He'd have a rope around my throat and hang me on the Liberty Tree"
Chorus
C F
But I will dance to Tom Paine's bones, dance to Tom Paine's bones
F G Am
Dance in the oldest boots I own to the rhythm of Tom Paine's bones
C F (/G) (/A) (/G) (/F) (/E)
I will dance to Tom Paine's bones, dance to Tom Paine's bones
F G Am
Dance in the oldest boots I own to the rhythm of Tom Paine's bones
Instrumental - start on hanging Am, turnaround on G.
| Am | Am |
| C | C | F | F |
| F | F | G | Am |
| C | C | F | F |
| F | F | G | Am | G |
| C | C |
Verse 2
"I only talked about freedom and justice for everyone
But since the very first word I spoke I've been looking down the barrel of a gun
They say I preached revolution let me say in my defence
That all I did wherever I went was to talk a lot of common sense"
[Chorus]
[Instrumental]
Verse 3 (we don’t sing the second half)
Old Tom Paine he ran so fast, he left me standing still
And there I was, a piece of paper in my hand standing at the top of the hill
It said, "This is the Age Of Reason, these are The Rights Of Man
Kick off religion and monarchy" it was written there in Tom Paine's plan
credits
from The Confluence,
track released December 2, 2016
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)
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