Fairport Convention – Close To The Wind chords

[Intro]
E    C#m  B  C#m  B  E

[Verse]
N.C. E       C#m     B        AFare-well to you, my faithful Nancy
      C#m      B       EAnd a thousand times, adieu
N.C.    E         C#m           B        AFor the constable comes up from Brackley Market
      C#m     B          EAnd a hundred volunteers too

[Verse]
   A                        ENo more will we hide in the forest
    F#m7                      BFor fear they would run us to ground
        E    C#m     B       ABut the wild sea, we sailed upon it
C#m B            EToo close to the wind

[Instrumental]
E    C#m  B  C#m  B  E

[Verse]
           C#m           B         AFor twenty years we have roved the highways
C#m B      ENorthamptonshire
         C#m         B        ADaventry down to the southern byways
C#m             B            ETopped both the rich and the poor

[Verse]
    A                          EFor ofttimes our families were starving
        F#m7                  BAnd the highway it kept them alive
        E    C#m     B       AAnd the wild sea, we sailed upon it
C#m B            EToo close to the wind

[Instrumental]
E    C#m  B  C#m  B  E

[Verse]
          C#m      B        ATonight I lie in a darkened dungeon
   C#m           B          ECondemned on the gallows to die
                  C#m      B      AWhile the man who gave us away is only
  C#m        B    EBound for Australia

[Verse]
   A                       ENo man could be found to defend us
    F#m7                      BAnd naught but abuse came our way
        E    C#m     B       ABut the wild sea, we sailed upon it
C#m B            EToo close to the wind

[Instrumental]
E    C#m  B  C#m  B  E

[Verse]
                    C#m       B           AAnd the clouds they rise over Northampton market
        C#m         B        EAnd the crowds pour into the town
                    C#m             B             AAnd the people will throng in these streets until sunset
         C#m     B       EWhen the hangman cuts us down

[Verse]
    A                 EAnd fifty children of Culworth
      F#m7               BTheir fathers are taken away
        E    C#m       B       AAnd the wild sea, they sailed upon it
C#m B            EToo close to the wind
    E    C#m     B       A       C#mThe wild sea, we sailed upon it
    B            EToo close to the wind

[Outro]
E    C#m  B  C#m  B  E