Van Dyke Parks - Clang Of The Yankee Reaper

      A
The sun never set on the empire
                               A/G# 
Prince Albert came in a can 
F#m
If you expire before you retire 
And end up an also-ran 
It's fine time to drink tea from China 
D         F#
Do drop a line
        Bb        D
Let me know I am fine 

D#  B  B/C#  E/G#   
Sun...  
              D#   B  B/C#  E/G#    
in the moonlight...               in the moon

E                 E/D#
Gone, just like I said 
    C#m               G#m
The good old days are dead
        C#m                 G#m 
Better get it through your head 
       C#m
As you harken to 
    G#            B     E
The clang of The Yankee Reaper 
            E/D#
It's like I said 
    C#m               G#m
The good old days are dead
       C#m
As you harken to 
    G#            B     E
The clang of The Yankee Reaper 

A
Out in the rude wild abandon 
                                  A/G# 
The Shah of Iran bought the plan 
F#m
Seen with the Queen he was all smiles 
He just bailed out the British Isles 
It's time to drink tea from fine china 
D             F#
Just think of him
          Bb              D
When your light Starts to dim 

D#  B  B/C#  E/G#   
Sun...  
              D#   B  B/C#  E/G#    
in the moonlight...               in the moon

E                 E/D#
Gone, just like I said 
    C#m               G#m
The good old days are dead
        C#m                 G#m 
Better get it through your head 
       C#m
As you harken to 
    G#            B     E
The clang of The Yankee Reaper 
            E/D#
It's like I said 
    C#m               G#m
The good old days are dead
       C#m
As you harken to 
    G#            B     E
The clang of The Yankee Reaper 

A
Out in the rude wild abandon 
                                  A/G# 
The Shah of Iran bought the plan 
F#m
Seen with the Queen he was all smiles 
He just bailed out the British Isles 
It's time to drink tea from fine china 
D             F#
Just think of him
          Bb              D
When your light Starts to dim