Neil Gows Apprentice chords by Fairport Convention

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