Fairport Convention – Close To The Wind (Guitar)

N.C. E       C#m     B        A
Fare-well to you, my faithful Nancy

      F#m      B       E
And a thousand times, adieu

N.C.    E         C#m           B        A
For the constable comes up from Brackley Market

      F#m     B          E
And a hundred volunteers too

   A                        E
No more will we hide in the forest

    F#m7                      B
For fear they would run us to ground

        E    C#m     B       A
But the wild sea, we sailed upon it

F#m B            E
Too close to the wind

           C#m           B         A
For twenty years we have roved the highways

F#m B      E
Northamptonshire

         C#m         B        A
Daventry down to the southern byways

   F#m             B            E
We robbed both the rich and the poor

    A                          E
For ofttimes our families were starving

        F#m7                  B
And the highway it kept them alive

        E    C#m     B       A
And the wild sea, we sailed upon it

F#m B            E
Too close to the wind

          C#m      B        A
Tonight I lie in a darkened dungeon

   F#m           B          E
Condemned on the gallows to die

                  C#m      B      A
While the man who gave us away is only

  F#m        B    E
Bound for Australia

   A                       E
No man could be found to defend us

    F#m7                      B
And naught but abuse came our way

        E    C#m     B       A
But the wild sea, we sailed upon it

F#m B            E
Too close to the wind

                    C#m       B           A
And the clouds they rise over Northampton market

        F#m         B        E
And the crowds pour into the town

                    C#m             B             A
And the people will throng in these streets until sunset

         F#m     B       E
When the hangman cuts us down

A                    E
Pity the children of Culworth

           F#m7               B
When their fathers are taken away

        E    C#m       B       A
And the wild sea, they sailed upon it

F#m B            E
Too close to the wind

    E    C#m     B       A       F#m
The wild sea, we sailed upon it

    B            E
Too close to the wind