Fairport Convention - Close to the wind
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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
E C#m B C#m B E
[Verse]
[Verse]
N.C.
Fare-Ewell to C#myou, my Bfaithful ANancy And a C#mthousand Btimes, aEdieuN.C.
For the Econstable C#mcomes up from BBrackley AMarket And a C#mhundred Bvolunteers EtooNo Amore will we hide in the Eforest
For F#m7fear they would run us to Bground
But the Ewild C#msea, we Bsailed uApon it
C#mToo Bclose to the Ewind
[Instrumental]
E C#m B C#m B E
[Verse]
For twenty C#myears we have Broved the Ahighways
C#mNortBhamptonEshire
Daventry C#mdown to the Bsouthern Abyways
C#mTopped both the Brich and the Epoor
[Verse]
For Aofttimes our families were Estarving
And the F#m7highway it kept them aBlive
And the Ewild C#msea, we Bsailed uApon it
C#mToo Bclose to the Ewind
[Instrumental]
E C#m B C#m B E
[Verse]
Tonight I C#mlie in a Bdarkened Adungeon
ConC#mdemned on the Bgallows to Edie
While the man who C#mgave us aBway is Aonly
BoC#mund for AusBtraliEa
[Verse]
No Aman could be found to deEfend us
And F#m7naught but abuse came our Bway
But the Ewild C#msea, we Bsailed uApon it
C#mToo Bclose to the Ewind
[Instrumental]
E C#m B C#m B E
[Verse]
And the clouds they C#mrise over BNorthampton Amarket
And the C#mcrowds pour Binto the Etown
And the people will C#mthrong in these Bstreets until Asunset
When the C#mhangman Bcuts us Edown
[Verse]
And Afifty children of ECulworth
Their F#m7fathers are taken aBway
And the Ewild C#msea, they Bsailed uApon it
C#mToo Bclose to the Ewind
The Ewild C#msea, we Bsailed uApon it C#m
Too Bclose to the Ewind
[Outro]
E C#m B C#m B E