Clear Water chords by Fairport Convention

Chords with lyrics

Verse:

N.C.
I want clear water from here to the horizon


N.C.
I want some calm seas for the journey still ahead


N.C.
Fair weather as we head for the skyline


N.C.
A augmentedA clear sky in the morning and every sunset red

Verse:

    FF   C majorC      G+G        A minorAm
I want clear water as we sail out to the head


FF       E minorEm     DmDm       G+G
All I want to hear is the ripple from the bow


FF      C majorC      G+G        A minorAm
Let us be at ease now and know our true position


    FF       C majorC      G+G         C majorC
Like a compass to the star, like a team hooked to the plough


Verse:

  FF              E minorEm
And as for all the history, it's best it's left unwritten


DmDm     C majorC      DmDm        G+G
Few would believe if we told all we have seen


FF     C majorC      G+G      A minorAm
Comedy and tragedy have come along unbidden


   FF        C majorC         G+G     C majorC
They are the port and starboard that we sail in between

Verse:

    FF   C majorC     G+G       A minorAm
I want clear water for each new destination


  FF          E minorEm      DmDm       G+G
And if the storm should break we will take it in our stride


  FF      C majorC        G+G         A minorAm
We rode out the tempest when the clouded stars were hidden


    FF       C majorC       G+G      C majorC
And the rising of the moon proved to be a fickle guide


Verse:

  FF               E minorEm
And if we hear the timbers creak, we'll be give and take


DmDm       C majorC    DmDm        G+G
Voices from outside, we know our craft is strong


  FF       C majorC       G+G      A minorAm
As long as we can speak without raising our voices


  FF      C majorC        G+G        C majorC
The music of the storm is in the guarding of the song


Bridge:

                 G+G
At night upon the deck I want to feel the salty spray


   FF               G+G
Like warm tears on my face for the passing of the day


 FF                E minorEm
I watch the wheeling star 'til the light breaks in the east


DmDm             G+G
May the journey never end, let us be at peace


Instrumental:
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm FF E minorEm DmDm G+G
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm  FF C majorC G+G C majorC

Verse:

    FF   C majorC     G+G       A minorAm
I want clear water from here to the horizon


FF         E minorEm       DmDm        G+G
Maybe scarred and feathered, but who'd say we were wrong


  FF        C majorC      G+G        A minorAm
The journey not the goal was the only thing that mattered


     FF           C majorC          G+G      C majorC
While the wounds you thought had healed can still be opened by a song


Verse:

    FF   C majorC     G+G       A minorAm
I want clear water from here to the horizon


      FF  E minorEm      DmDm       G+G
I want some calm seas for the journey still ahead


FF  C majorC       G+G      A minorAm
Fair weather as we head for the skyline


FF        C majorC      G+G      C majorC
Clear sky in the morning and every sunset red


 FF        C majorC      G+G      C majorC
A augmentedA clear sky in the morning and every sunset red