Neil Gows Apprentice chords by Fairport Convention

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
A augmentedA E MajorE  A augmentedA

Chorus:
          E MajorE         A augmentedA
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over
          E MajorE         A augmentedA
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done
   D MajorD
I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree
     B minorBm        E MajorE
With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me
A augmentedA          E MajorE       A augmentedA   E MajorE A augmentedA
Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun

Verse:
            E MajorE        A augmentedA
An old man looks in his inglenook and he wonders
             E MajorE       A augmentedA
His brother in a foreign land he must remain
   D MajorD
When doubt about the life he'd choose
   B minorBm         E MajorE
They each would wear the other one's shoes
   A augmentedA        E MajorE         A augmentedA   E MajorE A augmentedA
This motherland is a source of constant pain

Chorus:
          E MajorE         A augmentedA
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over
          E MajorE         A augmentedA
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done
   D MajorD
I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree
     B minorBm        E MajorE
With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me
A augmentedA          E MajorE       A augmentedA   E MajorE A augmentedA
Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun

Instrumental:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA   x3
D MajorD  B minorBm E MajorE
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA

Verse:
             E MajorE      A augmentedA
All my life I have lived within these borders
            E MajorE         A augmentedA
While he has gone to retrieve the setting sun
D MajorD
In the pitch-black Highland night
   B minorBm       E MajorE
He's toiling in the sunshine bright
A augmentedA        E MajorE       A augmentedA
Do the time while summer passes by

Chorus:
          E MajorE         A augmentedA
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over
          E MajorE         A augmentedA
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done
   D MajorD
I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree
     B minorBm        E MajorE
With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me
A augmentedA          E MajorE       A augmentedA   E MajorE A augmentedA
Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun

Instrumental:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA  x3
D MajorD  B minorBm E MajorE
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA  x3
D MajorD  B minorBm E MajorE
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA

Verse:
A augmentedA        E MajorE         A augmentedA
Rumbling Brig, I heard your voices calling
        E MajorE         A augmentedA
In the outback, still I hear your song
D MajorD
Feeding from this foreign field
   B minorBm           E MajorE
With far more fish than the burn could yield
   A augmentedA        E MajorE          A augmentedA
This trip will be my last and it won't be long

Chorus:
          E MajorE         A augmentedA
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over
          E MajorE         A augmentedA
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done
   D MajorD
I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree
     B minorBm        E MajorE
With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me
A augmentedA          E MajorE       A augmentedA   E MajorE A augmentedA
Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun

Chorus:
          E MajorE         A augmentedA
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over
          E MajorE         A augmentedA
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done
   D MajorD
I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree
     B minorBm        E MajorE
With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me
A augmentedA          E MajorE       A augmentedA
Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun

Outro:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA