Key: E major
Intro 1
A
E
A
E
B
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B
E
Verse 1
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A
Farewell to you,
Nancy,
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F#m
B
And a thousand times a due
E
A
For the constable comes up from
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Brackley
F#m
B
E
And a hundred volunteers, too
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E
No more will we hide in the forest
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Bsus4
us to ground
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E
A
B
A
For the wild sea, we sailed upon it,
F#m
B
E
A
B
A
B
E
Too close to the wind.
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B
For twenty years we have roved
F#m
B
Northamptonshire
B
Southern
F#m
B
E
We robbed both the rich and the poor
E
F#m
A
And the highway, it kept them alive
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E
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B
A
So the wild sea, we sailed upon it
F#m
B
E
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B
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B
E
Too close to the wind
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B
A
Tonight, I lie in a darkened dungeon,
F#m
B
E
con demned on the gallows to die.
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E
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B
While the man who gave us the way
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F#m
Is only bound for
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E
Australia
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E
No man could be found to defend us
F#m
Bsus4
Nought but abuse came our way
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E
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B
A
For the wild sea, we'd sailed upon it
F#m
B
E
Too close to the wind
Interlude 1
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B
E
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B
E
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F#m
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Bsus4
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E
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F#m
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E
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Bsus4
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F#m
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E
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Bsus4
The
Verse 2
E
clouds,
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Northampton
Market
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F#m
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And the crowds pour into the town
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An d the people will
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F#m
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throng in these streets
F#m
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E
When the hangman cuts us down
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F#m
Qalbath, their fathers
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E
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For the wild sea, they sailed upon it
F#m
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B
Too close to the wave
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B
Once safe, we sailed,
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F#m
B
E
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E
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B
Bsus4
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B
E
too close to the ground
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA E B F#m Bsus4
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