Fairport Convention – Knights Of The Road (Guitar)

Eb                             Bb              Eb
Set out from Carlisle with the sun beside him

                            Bb      Eb
Sinking low across an empty field

                       Bb                         Eb
Old moon a-rising, the first lone star a-shining

                                Bb      Eb
Shadows rolling down the lonely hills

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Run down by Lichfield and the rain it started pouring

                           Bb     Eb
Water flowing up along the road

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Listen to the rumble of the ten big wheels a-turning

                               Bb     Dm
Listen for the shifting of the load

               Cm    Bb                      Dm
Knights of the road, riders of the highways

            Cm    Bb                       B
Hauling the load, making it the hard way

E                          B                      E
Miles cracked on by and he sang with his engines

                                        B      E
The old tunes like "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"

                                 B                      E
Dreaming of the girl who he'd be lying with at sunrise

                                    B    D#m
Another lonely milestone passed him by

               C#m   B                       D#m
Knights of the road, riders of the highways

            C#m   B
Hauling the load, making it the hard way

                            B                    E
Lightning it crashed and he never saw it coming

                                           B       E
They found him with his hands still at the wheel

                      B                           E
Just another poor boy trying to keep 'em running

                               B       D#m
He died lugging thirty tons of steel

               C#m   B                       D#m   C#m
Knights of the road, riders of the highways

B
Making it the hard way