Honour And Praise chords by Fairport Convention

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C majorC DmDm C majorC FF C majorC G+G FF C majorC G/BG/B

Verse:
   C majorC       FF       C majorC     FF
On a fine summer's morning as we lay at the quay
  C majorC         DmDm      FF        G+G
The holds were filled high with the treasures of the sea
    C majorC         FF     C majorC      FF
So that they could be transported by men such as we
  C majorC    Dm7Dm7   G+G   C majorC G+G G/AG/A
To homeland and for Queen

Verse:
G/BG/B   C majorC      FF    C majorC      FF
When the loading was done, we hoisted full sail
      C majorC       DmDm       FF       G+G   G/AG/A
Prayed for good winds to guide us and deliverance from gales
G/BG/B   C majorC        FF       C majorC        FF
And the thoughts of the crew turned to home and strong ale
   C majorC      G+G       FF
As we cast off the ropes and set sail

Chorus:
G+G        C majorC    FF
Fight for honour and for praise
G+G               C majorC
Sailed the sea throughout the days
    G/BG/B        A minorAm
In cold ground I'll never lay
  FF   G+G     A minorAm   FF G+G A minorAm
I'd rather die on the ocean

Verse:
    C majorC      FF      C majorC      FF
Thirty days out to sea and the weather was fine
  C majorC       DmDm       FF      G+G
The wind that we'd prayed for and making good time
  C majorC     FF       C majorC     FF
The honour of first home was soon to be mine
  C majorC    Dm7Dm7  G+G   C majorC G+G
To homeland and to Queen

Verse:
    C majorC      FF       C majorC        FF
But the night became stormy and the wind changed our course
 C majorC     DmDm       FF       G+G
A augmentedA gale was a-blowing and the wind gathered force
   C majorC      FF     C majorC       FF
And I wondered if ever we'd reach our home port
   C majorC      G/BG/B     FF
Or if we'd all be lost in the storm

Chorus:
G+G        C majorC    FF
Fight for honour and for praise
G+G               C majorC
Sailed the sea throughout the days
    G/BG/B        A minorAm
In cold ground I'll never lay
  FF   G+G     A minorAm   FF G+G A minorAm
I'd rather die on the ocean

Verse:
     C majorC        FF      C majorC      FF
Well, the waves washed the deck, in the wind we were locked
 C majorC        DmDm      FF      G+G
I fought with the wheel to stay clear of the rocks
    C majorC       FF      C majorC       FF
But the fighting is in vain, in the storm we were lost
    C majorC       Dm7Dm7    G+G  C majorC G+G
And our prayers blew away on the wind

Verse:
    C majorC       FF      C majorC     FF
Well, I coughed and I choked and I tasted the sea
     C majorC    DmDm        FF     G+G
I looked over the sands, there was no one but me
   C majorC       FF      C majorC        FF
And I knew that the might of the sea had finished me
   C majorC        G/BG/B      FF
And I wished that I'd drowned in the storm

Chorus:
G+G        C majorC    FF
Fight for honour and for praise
G+G               C majorC
Sailed the sea throughout the days
    G/BG/B        A minorAm
In cold ground I'll never lay
  FF   G+G     A minorAm
I'd rather die on the ocean

Verse:
     C majorC       FF        C majorC     FF
And I've lived with the thought for the rest of m' days
     C majorC     DmDm      FF      G+G
That I'd given the lives of the crew just to pay
  C majorC       FF      C majorC     FF
In search of the garlands of honour and praise
   C majorC       G+G       FF
And I wish that I'd drowned in the storm

Chorus:
G+G        C majorC    FF
Fight for honour and for praise
G+G               C majorC
Sailed the sea throughout the days
    G/BG/B        A minorAm
In cold ground I'll never lay
  FF   G+G     A minorAm
I'd rather die on the ocean

Chorus:
G+G        C majorC    FF
Fight for honour and for praise
G+G               C majorC
Sailed the sea throughout the days
    G/BG/B        A minorAm
In cold ground I'll never lay
  FF   G+G     A minorAm   FF G+G A minorAm
I'd rather die on the ocean