Close To The Wind chords by Fairport Convention

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Farewell  (D major) to you,  (G major) 
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my  (A major) faithful
Nancy,
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 (G major) And a  (E minor) thousand times  (A major) a due
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 (D major) For the constable comes  (G major) up from
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 (A major) Brackley
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Mar (G major) ket
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And a  (E minor) hundred volunteers,  (A major)  (D major) too
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No  (G major) more will we hide in the forest  (D major) 
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For  (E minor) fear they would run
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us to ground  (A major)  (Asus4) 
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 (A major) For the  (D major) wild sea,  (G major) we sailed  (A major) upon  (G major) it,
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Too  (E minor) close  (A major) to the  (D major) wind.  (G major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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For twenty years  (G major) we have  (A major) roved
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the high (G major) ways of
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 (E minor) Northamp (A major) tonshire
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 (D major) From
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Daventry down  (G major) to the
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 (A major) Southern
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By (G major) ways
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We  (E minor) robbed both the rich  (A major) and the poor  (D major) 
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For  (G major) off times our families were starving
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 (D major) And the  (E minor) highway, it kept them alive  (G major) 
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 (A major) So the  (D major) wild  (G major) sea, we sailed  (A major) upon  (G major) it
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Too  (E minor) close  (A major) to the  (D major) wind  (G major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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Tonight, I lie  (G major) in a  (A major) darkened dun (G major) geon,
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 (E minor) con demned on the gal (A major) lows to  (D major) die.
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While  (G major) the  (D major) man who gave  (G major) us the  (A major) way
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Is  (G major) only bound  (E minor) for
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Aus (A major) tralia  (D major) 
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No  (G major) man could be found to defend  (D major) us
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Nought  (E minor) but abuse came our  (Asus4) way
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 (A major) For the  (D major) wild  (G major) sea, we'd  (A major) sailed upon  (G major) it
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Too  (E minor) close  (A major) to the  (D major) wind

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Interlude 1

The

Verse 2
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 (D major) clouds,
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they rise  (G major) over
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 (A major) Northampton
Market
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 (G major) And the  (E minor) crowds pour  (A major) into the town
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 (D major) An  (G major)  (D major) d  (G major) the  (D major) people will
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 (G major) throng in  (E minor) these  (A major) streets
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till  (G major) sunset
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When the  (E minor) hangman  (A major) cuts us  (D major) down
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And  (G major) fifty children of
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 (D major) Qalbath, their  (E minor) fathers
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are taken away  (Asus4) 
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 (A major) For the  (D major) wild sea,  (G major) they  (A major) sailed  (D major) upon  (G major) it
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Too  (E minor) close  (A major) to the  (D major) wave  (G major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) Once  (G major) safe, we  (A major) sailed,
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 (G major) too  (E minor) close  (A major) to the  (D major) ground  (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (A major)  (Asus4)  (D major)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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