Fairport Convention – Neil Gows Apprentice (Guitar)

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[Intro] A E A [Chorus]
                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over

                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done

     D
I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree

         Bm                E
With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me

A                    E              A     E  A
Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun
[Verse]
                        E                A
An old man looks in his inglenook and he wonders

                         E              A
His brother in a foreign land he must remain

     D
When doubt about the life he'd choose

     Bm                  E
They each would wear the other one's shoes

     A               E                  A     E  A
This motherland is a source of constant pain
[Chorus]
                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over

                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done

     D
I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree

         Bm                E
With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me

A                    E              A     E  A
Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun
[Instrumental] A E A x3 D Bm E A E A [Verse]
                         E            A
All my life I have lived within these borders

                       E                  A
While he has gone to retrieve the setting sun

D
In the pitch-black Highland night

     Bm             E
He's toiling in the sunshine bright

A                E              A
Do the time while summer passes by
[Chorus]
                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over

                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done

     D
I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree

         Bm                E
With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me

A                    E              A     E  A
Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun
[Instrumental] A E A x3 D Bm E A E A x3 D Bm E A E A [Verse]
A                E                 A
Rumbling Brig, I heard your voices calling

                E                 A
In the outback, still I hear your song

D
Feeding from this foreign field

     Bm                     E
With far more fish than the burn could yield

     A               E                    A
This trip will be my last and it won't be long
[Chorus]
                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over

                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done

     D
I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree

         Bm                E
With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me

A                    E              A     E  A
Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun
[Chorus]
                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over

                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done

     D
I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree

         Bm                E
With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me

A                    E              A
Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun
[Outro] A E A