Close To The Wind
Close To The Wind

Close To The Wind easy guitar chords by Fairport Convention

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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Capo

  • G

  • D

  • A

  • Em

  • Asus4

  • G

  • D

  • A

  • Em

  • Asus4

    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Farewell 
    to 
    you, 

    my 
    faithful 

    Nancy, 

    And 
    a 
    thousand 
    times 
    a due 

    For 
    the constable 
    comes 
    up from 

    Brackley 

    Mar
    ket 

    And 
    a 
    hundred 
    volun
    teers, 
    too 

    No 
    more 
    will 
    we 
    hide 
    in 
    the forest 

    For 
    fear 
    they would 
    run 

    us 
    to ground 

    For 
    the 
    wild 
    sea, 
    we 
    sailed 
    upon 
    it, 

    Too 
    close 
    to the 
    wind. 

    For 
    twenty 
    years 
    we 
    have 
    roved 

    the high
    ways 
    of 

    Northamp
    tonshire 

    From 

    Daventry 
    down 
    to 
    the 

    Southern 

    By
    ways 

    We 
    robbed both 
    the rich 
    and 
    the poor 

    For 
    off times 
    our 
    families 
    were 
    starving 

    And 
    the 
    highway, 
    it 
    kept them 
    alive 

    So 
    the 
    wild 
    sea, 
    we sailed 
    upon 
    it 

    Too 
    close 
    to 
    the 
    wind 

    Tonight, 
    I 
    lie 
    in 
    a 
    darkened 
    dun
    geon, 

    con
    demned 
    on 
    the gal
    lows 
    to 
    die. 

    While 
    the 
    man 
    who 
    gave 
    us 
    the 
    way 

    Is 
    only 
    bound 
    for 

    Aus
    tralia 

    No 
    man 
    could be found 
    to defend 
    us 

    Nought 
    but 
    abuse 
    came 
    our 
    way 

    For 
    the 
    wild 
    sea, 
    we'd 
    sailed 
    upon 
    it 

    Too 
    close 
    to 
    the 
    wind 

    Interlude 1





    The 
    Verse 2
    clouds, 

    they rise 
    over 

    Northampton 

    Market 

    And 
    the 
    crowds 
    pour 
    into 
    the 
    town 

    An
    d 
    the 
    people 
    will 

    throng 
    in 
    these 
    streets 

    till 
    sun
    set 

    When 
    the 
    hangman 
    cuts 
    us 
    down 

    And 
    fifty 
    children 
    of 

    Qal
    bath, 
    their 
    fathers 

    are 
    taken 
    away 

    For 
    the 
    wild 
    sea, 
    they 
    sailed 
    upon 
    it 

    Too 
    close 
    to 
    the 
    wave 

    Once 
    safe, 
    we 
    sailed, 

    too 
    close 
    to 
    the 
    ground 


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