Intro: A E A Chorus: E A Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over E A Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done D I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree Bm E With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me A E A E A Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun Verse: E A An old man looks in his inglenook and he wonders E A His brother in a foreign land he must remain D When doubt about the life he'd choose Bm E They each would wear the other one's shoes A E A E A This motherland is a source of constant pain
Chorus: E A Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over E A Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done D I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree Bm E With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me A E A E A Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun Instrumental: A E A x3 D Bm E A E A Verse: E A All my life I have lived within these borders E A While he has gone to retrieve the setting sun D In the pitch-black Highland night Bm E He's toiling in the sunshine bright A E A Do the time while summer passes by Chorus: E A Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over E A Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done D I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree Bm E With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me A E A E A Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun Instrumental: A E A x3 D Bm E A E A x3 D Bm E A E A Verse: A E A Rumbling Brig, I heard your voices calling E A In the outback, still I hear your song D Feeding from this foreign field Bm E With far more fish than the burn could yield A E A This trip will be my last and it won't be long Chorus: E A Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over E A Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done D I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree Bm E With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me A E A E A Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun Chorus: E A Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over E A Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done D I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree Bm E With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me A E A Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun Outro: A E A
Neil Gows Apprentice by Fairport Convention guitar chords playing instructions.