Knights Of The Road chords by Fairport Convention

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Bb majorBb

Verse:
Eb MajorEb               Bb majorBb       Eb MajorEb
Set out from Carlisle with the sun beside him
              Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb
Sinking low across an empty field
            Bb majorBb             Eb MajorEb
Old moon a-rising, the first lone star a-shining
                Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb
Shadows rolling down the lonely hills

Verse:
               Bb majorBb            Eb MajorEb
Run down by Lichfield and the rain it started pouring
              Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb
Water flowing up along the road
              Bb majorBb            Eb MajorEb
Listen to the rumble of the ten big wheels a-turning
                Bb majorBb   DmDm
Listen for the shifting of the load

Chorus:
        C minorCm  Bb majorBb           DmDm
Knights of the road, riders of the highways
      C minorCm  Bb majorBb            BB
Hauling the load, making it the hard way

Verse:
E MajorE             BB           E MajorE
Miles cracked on by and he sang with his engines
                    BB   E MajorE
The old tunes like "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"
                 BB           E MajorE
Dreaming of the girl who he'd be lying with at sunrise
                  BB  D#mD#m
Another lonely milestone passed him by

Chorus:
        C# minorC#m  BB            D#mD#m
Knights of the road, riders of the highways
      C# minorC#m  BB
Hauling the load, making it the hard way

Instrumental:
E MajorE  BB  E MajorE  BB  E MajorE  BB  E MajorE  BB  E MajorE

Verse:
              BB          E MajorE
Lightning it crashed and he never saw it coming
                      BB    E MajorE
They found him with his hands still at the wheel
           BB              E MajorE
Just another poor boy trying to keep 'em running
                BB    D#mD#m
He died lugging thirty tons of steel

Chorus:
        C# minorC#m  BB            D#mD#m  C# minorC#m
Knights of the road, riders of the highways
BB
Making it the hard way