Fairport Convention – Cell Song (Guitar)

          D                          G
There's a tiny little window and the sun comes shining through

D                                  G       Em
Dancing with the dust that's in my cell

          D                                  G
There's a sparrow sitting on the sill and he stays for a minute or two

         D                 G                     A
But he's frightened by the ringing of the bell

          D                              G               
There's a bed that I must lie on when at night I take my rest

      D                                  G       A
And a chair for me to sit on through the day

    D                      G
The men who wait beside me always know what's best

      D               G                A                   
For a man who doesn't have too much to say

        D                             G                    A
Throw a laugh into the corner, blow a tear against the wall

D                                 G
Learn a game to play, improve the mind

   D                                     G
Confess your sins, you sinner, and think how the seconds fall

D                 G                    A
Leave all earthly cares and woes behind

    D                                 G             Em
And when my short affair with life is ended and I'm gone

         D                                G     
Will you tell the world the story of John Lee?

D                              G                  
All you see is nothing and yet everything lives on

D             G                 A
I was born to pay the hangman's fee