The Wind Is Getting Stronger Rory McLeod
Capo 6
Intro:
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All in the [Am]tangles you're trying to un[E]tie by telling
But you [E]tie yourself up with the [Am]one who's told
Grandma's [Am]hands are stiff, when I h[E]old them they're freezing
[E] She's still refusing[Am] to get old
[F] Her fingers hurt bad,[C] can't close her handbag
[E] Can't do the buttons of her [Am]jumper up
[F] Her body's gone wrong,[C] but stubborn and strong
[E] She argues with the [Am]doctor
[Am]Call me the nurse I [E]don't want a hearse
The [E]police are getting [Am]younger
The [Am]stairs are getting longer, your [E]voice is getting quieter
The [E]wind is getting [Am]stronger
She emi[Am]grated from Russia at [E]nine months old
She's still [E]got all her teeth, some are [Am]filled with gold
But they [Am]hurt her now when she [E]drinks something cold
She [E]won't stand her false teeth a-[Am]rattling her gobhole
[F] Her fingers hurt bad,[C] can't close her handbag
[E] Can't do the buttons of her [Am]jumper up
[F] Her body's gone wrong,[C] but stubborn and strong
[E] She argues with the [Am]doctor
[Am]Call me the nurse I [E]don't want a hearse
The [E]police are getting [Am]younger
The [Am]stairs are getting longer, your [E]voice is getting quieter
The [E]wind is getting [Am]stronger
[Am]Grandma was raised near [E]Stepney Green
Between [E]Aldgate East and [Am]Petticoat Lane
Her [Am]mother always made sure there was [E]food to eat
But as a [E]girl she ran around without [Am]shoes on her feet
Her [F]dad spoke Russian, [C]not much English
My [E]Gran translated for him, [Am]Cockney to Yiddish
She [F]mothered her brothers and [C]daughtered her mother
The blind [E]fool tried to stop her daughter [Am]seeing my father
'Cause [F]he was an atheist, [C]he wasn't kosher
My [E]mum and dad eloped so th[Am]ey could get closer
But my [F]great gran told my mum you [C]love him that's enough
'Cause my [E]great gran was forced to wed a [Am]man she didn't love
Grandma [F]said we didn't know it but [C]times were very hard then
[E] But then at least there was the [Am]dancing
[E] But then at least we could go [Am]dancing
I was the [Am]oldest sister so I [E]never had a childhood
[E] When I was six years [Am]old, she talks
I had to [Am]spoon feed and [E]carry my brothers
[E] 'Till they were old e[Am]nough to walk
As a [Am]girl she worked as a [E]seamstress
That's [E]how her nine brothers and her [Am]sister were fed
She [Am]has a little hole in her[E] front tooth
From the [E]constant biting of the [Am]cotton and thread
[F] Her fingers hurt bad,[C] can't close her handbag
[E] Can't do the buttons of her [Am]jumper up
[F] Her body's gone wrong,[C] but stubborn and strong
[E] She argues with the [Am]doctor
[Am]Call me the nurse I [E]don't want a hearse
The [E]cops are getting [Am]younger
The [Am]stairs are getting longer, your [E]voice is getting quieter
The [E]wind is getting [Am]stronger
When she was [Am]seventy years I saw her [E]throw a spinning top
And [E]catch it spinning on a [Am]piece of string
She could [Am]touch her toes and [E]shoot a netball
And [E]spin around the [Am]ballroom dancing
[F] Waltzes, Fandangos, [C]Charlestons and Tangos
[E] She and my grandpa would [Am]foxtrot
[F] They won prizes but [C]illness sacrifices [E]youth
So now they have bo[Am]th stopped
[Am]Call me the nurse I [E]don't want a hearse
The [E]cops are getting [Am]younger
The [Am]stairs are getting longer, your [E]voice is getting quieter
The [E]wind is getting [Am]stronger
Well [Am]call me the nurse I [E]don't want a hearse
The [E]police are getting [Am]younger
The [Am]stairs are getting longer, your [E]voice is getting quieter
The [E]wind is getting [Am]stronger
The[E] wind is getting [Am]stronger
The[E] wind is getting [Am]stronger
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