On the 1989 the track was released. the track was written by Martin Coogan
Track Info
- Song: Wicker Man
- Artist: The Mock Turtles
- Album: Turtle Soup
- Produced by Martin Coogan
- Released Date: 1989
Chords Info
- Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
- Key: C
- Chords: Am, Cadd9, G, Fadd9, Em7, D, Dsus4, E, G#m, Bsus2, Bsus4, C#m, G/B, Dsus2, F#m, F#mmaj7add9, F#m7, B, A
- Suggested Strumming: DU DU DU DU
- D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
[Intro]
Am Cadd9 G Fadd9 Em7 D Dsus4 D Cadd9 Cadd9
Am Cadd9 G Fadd9 Em7 D Dsus4 D Cadd9 Cadd9
[Verse]
E G#m Bsus2 Bsus4 Bsus2
I had a friend who came from far away
C#m G#m Bsus2 Bsus4 Bsus2
And every day we would go down by the river and play
Cadd9 G/B D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
Like long lost summers of the past
Cadd9 G/B D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
These interrupted games weren’t meant to last
[Chorus]
Am Cadd9 G Fadd9
I sit and watch the lights go out on my home
Em7
my growing up town
D Dsus4 D Cadd9
And I wonder what he’s doing now
Am Cadd9 G Fadd9
And I will build a wicker man and put inside
Em7
all those things
D Dsus4 D Cadd9
That make me old before my time
[Post-Chorus]
F#m F#mmaj7add9 F#m7 B
We found his auntie’s holy water and refilled it
F#m
from the tap
F#mmaj7add9 F#m7 B
"She’ll bless herself with good ole H2O!", he said
A
Oh god, we laughed and laughed
[Verse]
E G#m Bsus2 Bsus4 Bsus2
We wrote our names in new cement beside the river
C#m G#m Bsus2 Bsus4 Bsus2
We really thought that they would last for ever and ever
Cadd9 G/B D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
But late one night when walking home
Cadd9 G/B D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
I couldn’t find the names the place had overgrown
[Chorus]
Am Cadd9 G Fadd9 Em7
I sit and watch the lights go out on my home my growing up town
D Dsus4 D Cadd9
And I wonder what he’s doing now
Am Cadd9 G Fadd9 Em7
And I will build a wicker man and put inside all those things
D Dsus4 D Cadd9
That make me old before my time
[Post-Chorus]
F#m F#mmaj7add9 F#m7 B F#m
Born in a booming "instant potato" age a teeshirt full of youth
F#mmaj7add9 F#m7 B
Discovering sex and cigarettes and oh I know
D
But it was all true!
[Chorus]
Am Cadd9 G Fadd9
I sit and watch the lights go out on my home
Em7
my growing up town
D Dsus4 D Cadd9
And I wonder what he’s doing now
Am Cadd9 G Fadd9
And if I really have a call, I’d catch them
Em7
all as they fall
D Dsus4 D Cadd9
And say: Daddy’s home
