Come Along

(originally by Cosmo Sheldrake)

[Verse 1]
Gm
 
Cm                             Gm
Come along, catch a Heffalump
Cm                            Gm
Sit with me on a muddy clump
Cm
We'll sing a song of days gone by
     Gm
Run along now, don’t be glum
Cm
Get you gone, now, have some fun
         Gm            G      Cm
Don't be long, for the end is nigh
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Fm        Ebm     Abm   Bb
Don't let moments pass along
    Cm      Bbm  Gm   Cm     G
And waste before your eyes;
Cm
March with me and the borogoves
Cm
Come with me and the slithy toves
Cm
And never ask us why
 
 
[Chorus]
Ab           Cm                        Abm
Come, come, come, come, come along now
                  Cm      Ab
Run away from the hum-drum
      Cm
We'll go to a place that is safe from
                        Ab
Greed, anger and boredom
      C         Cm               Ab
We'll dance and sing till sundown
                Cm    Abm
And feast with abandon
      Cm
We'll sleep when the morning comes
                      Gm           Cm
And we'll rise by the sound of the birdsongs
 
 
[Bridge]
 
We'll be here when the world slows down
                       Gm  G
And the sunbeams fade away
Cm
Keeping time by a pendulum
                        Gm
As the fabric starts to fray
        Fm      Gm       Ab      Bb
There’s no such thing as time to kill
    Cm             G
Nor time to throw away
 
 
[Chorus]
Ab    C           Cm                  Ab
Come, come, come, come, come along now
                  Cm
Run away from the hum-drum
 
We'll go to a place that is safe from
       Gm        Cm
Greed, anger and boredom
 
We'll dance and sing till sundown
                      Ab
And feast with abandon
      Cm
We'll sleep when the morning comes
 
And we'll rise by the sound of the birdsongs
 
 
[Verse 2]
Cm
Come with me, catch a rare type specimen
 
Cuddle up with a hesitant skeleton
 
We'll break our fast with friends
 
Once we're fed, we shall disappear rapidly
 
Many moons to the west of here and happily
 
Our journey never ends
 
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Ab        Eb        Ab     Bb
Shut your ears when sirens sing
    Cm       Bb      Cm   G
Tie armbands to your feet;
Cm
Listen up and you won't go wrong again
 
Float along on a verse-less song and then
                 G        Cm
Get to where the two ends meet
 
 
[Chorus]
Ab    C           Cm                   C
Come, come, come, come, come along now
                  Cm      Ab
Run away from the hum-drum
              Cm
We'll go to a place that is safe from
                         C
Greed, anger and boredom
                Cm
We'll dance and sing till sundown
 
And feast with abandon
Ab     Eb            Cm
We'll sleep when the morning comes
 
And we'll rise by the sound of the birdsongs
 
 
[Outro]
Cm G C F Fm G
Cm G C F Fm Gm G C