Fairport Convention – Over The Lancashire Hills (Guitar)

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Written originally by Stuart Marson, Simon Nicol version Chords transcribed from the Fairport Convention Songbook One v2.0 [Verse 1]
D             Dadd4add9    D
November cold wind and the rain

    D           Em7        A7sus4   A7
the Post Office workers complain

D/F#         G        A        D
Damp crowded buses go silently by

Bm             Em7      A7sus4    A7
Homeward their journey again

D                     Dadd4add9       D
And at each stop, old friends say farewell

    D             Em7                A7sus4   A7
And leave for the streets where they dwell

D/F#      G         A        D
Up on the top deck, somebody sings

     Bm            Em7           A7sus4    A7
With thoughts far away from this place

       G               A             D
To the halls where the great singers graced
[Chorus]
    D     DM9/F#   Em7
And those who were moved by the song

     A  A#dim7   D            Dadd9/C#
Will carry their memories long

        Bm  Bm/A     E7sus4     E7
As each new dawn the melody runs

G        A          D     Dadd4add9    D     Dadd4add9
Over the Lancashire hills
[Verse 2]
D           Dadd4add9   D
Benches and bare wooden floors

  D                Em7      A7sus4   A7
A church hall with rattling doors

       D/F#      G            A             D
To the backwater streets of a grey northern town

     Bm        Em7        A7sus4    A7
Come echoes of distant applause

       D         Dadd4add9    D
Then a newspaper falls in the hall

D       Em7         A7sus4   A7
Lying unread by the wall

   D/F#         G          A        D
It carries five lines of a critical kind

     Bm         Em7          A7sus4    A7
They wouldn't detain you too long

G         A              D
They even spelt the name wrong
[Chorus]
    D     DM9/F#   Em7
And those who were moved by the song

     A  A#dim7   D            Dadd9/C#
Will carry their memories long

        Bm  Bm/A     E7sus4     E7
As each new dawn the melody runs

G        A          D     Dadd4add9    D     Dadd4add9
Over the Lancashire hills
[Verse 3]
D            Dadd4add9    D
December the night clouds come

    D             Em7      A7sus4   A7
The day's work is over and done

D/F#      G             A       D
Late afternoon and it's cold by five

Bm          Em7        A7sus4    A7
Rain on the bus window runs

    D           Dadd4add9 D
And home in the evening   gloom

  D          Em7          A7sus4   A7
A fire glows in the front room

    D/F#       G         A         D
The music lies open, the metronome stands

Bm            Em7          A7sus4    A7
Window frames shake in the gust

G          A         D
Piano keys gathering dust
[Chorus]
    D     DM9/F#   Em7
And those who were moved by the song

     A  A#dim7   D            Dadd9/C#
Will carry their memories long

        Bm  Bm/A     E7sus4     E7
As each new dawn the melody runs

G        A          D     Dadd4add9    D     Dadd4add9
Over the Lancashire hills

    D     DM9/F#   Em7
And those who were moved by the song

     A  A#dim7   D            Dadd9/C#
Will carry their memories long

        Bm  Bm/A     E7sus4     E7
As each new dawn the melody runs

G        A          D     Dadd4add9    D     Dadd4add9
Over the Lancashire hills