THE FAIR FOLK                           		
© Judith Hayman, 1993

Asus2      Dsus2  G            Asus2
Gold and silver shine all around
       Asus2       Dsus2            G            D        Dadd G  D
In a thousand lights on the dancing ground
      Asus2       Dsus2         G         Asus2
Oh come not here at the fall of night
                  Asus2       Dsus2           G          Asus2
Where the Fair Folk dance in the waning light

Chorus:                G                                    Asus2
Oh, the Fair Folk dance and the Fair Folk sing,
            Dsus2      G               Asus2
As the Fair Folk step in the magic ring.
        G                                Asus2
Oh, tread not here till the light of day
            Dsus2      G             Asus2
Or the Fair Folk steal your soul away.

In the hollow hills the Old Ones throng
And click their bones to the ceilidh song.
The banshee wails in the darkling night
As the Fair Folk dance till the morning light

chorus

Seven years spent out of time
And all is lost that once was mine.
I tarried once and listened long
To the echoes of the Fair Folks' song.

chorus

Tall and proud and wondrous fair
The people of the dark and air.
Hold high the iron that they fear!
The Fair Folk call -- don't let them near.

chorus X 2

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THE LAST STEP  (Ripley's Song)   
© Judith Hayman, 1993

(2/4) intro:  Cmaj7 A11 E

    Cmaj7       A11         Fmaj7                B7
In one more step this nightmare will end
          Cmaj7        Am7  Bm7 Asus2
In the death that had   to     be.
               D         C                  E           A
For I've always known, I've always known
               C                                 G -- D
That the one to die would be me,
           Cmaj7   Cm7      Bm7     Asus2
Since first I saw that face of death,
    Cmaj7     Dsus2   E - Esus4 - E
Now sheltered deep in me.


Chorus:   
      Cmaj7   A11         Esus4
     Alone, again I'm alone
     Cmaj7      Cm7         A -- Asus2
     Ever and always alone.
              Bb                  F
     This last choice I make,
                    Asus2 Am7  Fmaj7 Dsus2
     And this last   step  I     take,
                 Cmaj7                 Dsus2         E
     On this world that will be my last home
      Cmaj7       Bm7 Cm7   A       Em  -- A -- Em
      Ever and  always alone. Alone.

This life was one I made for myself
Though the choices often came hard.
But there were no regrets, there are no regrets,
For I followed my own heart.
So the life I give, goes freely
As I play my final part.

Chorus

The next step is the last one alone;
No one else  can take for me.
As the fires rise, feel the nightmare rise,
And it's one last step to be free.
It's too late, there's nothing left
Nothing to say but good-bye. (No chorus)

Coda:
                  Cmaj7       Dsus2          E
     This is Ripley, the last of Nostromo
           Cmaj7 Bm7 Cm7         A               Em -- A -- E
           Signing   off.     Good-bye.  Good-bye.


Based on the closing moments of Aliens 3.