Rolling Home

X:1
T:Rolling Home 
T:Composed by John Tams, adapted by Roy Bailey; transcribed and arranged by Gavin Atkin
T:!!!All instruments and voices on all choruses, please, but silence on verses except for velvety chords and root notes !!!
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=120
K:Dmaj clef=treble]
"A"A,|"D"D3 D D2 F2 | "Bm7"D4 D2 z F | "A"E3 D "A7"E2 (3GFE | "D"D6 EF | 
"Em"G3GG2 FE | "D"FG A3 z FE | D3 D DC DF | "A"E6 EF | 
"G"G3 A B2 A2 | "D"AF D3 z FG | A3 F FE D2 | "A"E6 FE | 
"D"D2 D2 DEFG | "Bm7"A3 F FE D2 | "A7" E2 FE D2C2 | "D"D6 z2 |
"D"A4 F4 | "Bm7"D3 D DF A2 | "Em"B4 "G"G4 | "A"E3 E EF G2 | 
"D"A4 F4 | "Em"B4 G2 G2 | "D"D2 D2 "A"CDEC | "D"D6 z ]
W:1.Round goes the wheel of fortune, don't be afraid to ride,
W:There's a land of milk and honey, lies on the other side,
W:There'll be peace and there'll be plenty, you'll never need to roam,
W:When we go rolling home, when we go rolling home.
W:Ch. Rolling home, when we go, rolling home, when we go,
W:Rolling, rolling, when we go rolling home.
W:2. The gentry in their finery do prosper night and morn,
W:While we into the fields must go, to plough and sow their corn,
W:The rich, they steal the power, but the glory's ours alone,
W:When we go rolling home, when we go rolling home.
W:3.The frost is on the hedgerows, the icy winds do blow,
W:While we poor weary labourers, strive through the driving snow,
W:Our dreams fly up to glory, up where the lark has flown,
W:When we go rolling home, when we go rolling home.
W:4.The summer of resentment, the winter of despair,
W:The journey to contentment is set with trap and snare,
W:Stand true and stand together, your labour's all your own,
W:When you go rolling home, when you go rolling home.
W:5.So pass the bottle round, and let the toast go free,
W:Here's a health to every labourer, wherever they may be,
W:Fair wages now and ever, let's reap what we have sown,
W:When we go rolling home, when we go rolling home.
W:[Chorus with instruments - as with earlier verses]
W:[Chorus sung acapellawith (no instruments)] 
W:[Final chorus with instruments]

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