1 = F#m F#m F#m E

1 1                       1                       D
    Darlings are you ready for the long winter's fall?
 G                    F
said the lady in her parlor
 Am                     C       1  1  1
said the butler in the hall.
                            1
Is there time for another?
                            D
cried the drunkard in his sleep.
 G                   F
Not likely said the little child.
  Am                      C 1   F#m F#m F#m D C#  1
What's done the Lord can keep.

                                F#m
And the vicar stands a-praying.
Em                  D
And the television dies
G                     F
as the white dot flickers and is gone
     Dm               A  B
and no-one stops to cry.
 

 A   G F     C         D     F G
Dark Ages shaking the dead
 A      G F   C          D   F G
Closed pages better not read
 A    G F   C            D   F G  D B F# F# F# G5
Cold rages burn in your head.
 

Em
  The big jet rumbles over runway miles
  D                       Em  C D
that scar the patchwork green
  Em
where slick tycoons and rich buffoons
 D                  Em  C D
have opened up the seam
A                      Gsus4 G
of golden nights and champagne flights
D           E
ad-man overkill
A                Gsus4 G
and in the haze consumer crazed
 D                 B
we take the sugar pill.
 

 G   F Eb   Bb         C
Dark Ages shaking the dead
 G      F Eb  Bb         C
Closed pages better not read
 G    F Eb  Bb           C    Eb F G5
Cold rages burn in your head.
 

Em
  Jagged fires mark the picket lines
  D              Em  C D
the politicians weep
Em
and mealy-mouthed
   D                             Em          C D
through corridors of power on tip-toe creep.
 A              G
Come and see bureaucracy
 D              E
make its final heave
     A            Gsus4 G
and let the new disorder through
       D                 B
while senses take their leave.
 

 G   F Eb   Bb         C
Dark Ages shaking the dead
 G      F Eb  Bb         C
Closed pages better not read
 G    F Eb  Bb           C    Eb F G5 Em
Cold rages burn in your head.

Solo part: ...

Em
  Families screaming line the streets
     D                 Em   C D
and put the windows through
Em
in corner shops
  D                                           Em  C D
where keepers kept the country's life-blood blue.
 A                    G
Take their pick and try the trick
 D                       E
with loaves and fishes shared
         A                   Gsus4 G
and the vicar shouts as the lights go out,
     D             B
and no-one really cares.
 

 G   F Eb   Bb         C
Dark Ages shaking the dead
 G      F Eb  Bb         C
Closed pages better not read
 G    F Eb  Bb           C    Eb F G5
Cold rages burn in your head.
 

                      1                       D
Darlings are you ready for the long winter's fall?
 G                    F
said the lady in her parlor
 Am                     C
said the butler in the hall.
 

 A   G F     C         D     F G
Dark Ages shaking the dead
 A      G F   C          D   F G
Closed pages better not read
 A    G F   C            D   F G  D B   F# F# F# D
Cold rages burn in your head.