The Hiring Fair chords by Fairport Convention

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC

Verse:

E minorEm         C majorC      G+G       D/F#D/F#
I went down to the hiring fair for to sell my labour


 E minorEm          C majorC        B minorBm        C majorC
I noticed a maid in the very next row, I hoped she'd be my neighbour


 G+G      D/F#D/F#        E minorEm        C majorC
Imagine then my delight when the farmer picked us both

                 D MajorD
Though I spoke not a word on the cart to the farm


          E minorEm   C majorC
My heart beat in my throat


Verse:

  E minorEm           C majorC       G+G       D/F#D/F#
My lodging was dry and my master fair, I gave him full measure


   E minorEm          C majorC       B minorBm         C majorC
Like corn in the field my envy grew, for in his house was my treasure


 G+G         D/F#D/F#      E minorEm      C majorC
I watched her carry water, or drive cows from the byre


                  D MajorD
And the heat from the sun made the corn grow strong


         E minorEm  C majorC E minorEm C majorC
And with it my desire


Verse:

 E minorEm      C majorC      G+G       D/F#D/F#
I see her in my dreaming and in my dreams caress

  E minorEm         C majorC          B minorBm         C majorC
Her lips, her eyes, her dark brown hair, the curves beneath her dress


  G+G        D/F#D/F#       E minorEm      C majorC
And harvest time it came at last, so heavy was our task


                 D MajorD
That the women and the men worked side by side


           E minorEm  C majorC E minorEm C majorC
So I had her near at last


Verse:

E minorEm       C majorC        G+G          D MajorD
I swung harder with my scythe, few words between us passed


 E minorEm          C majorC       B minorBm         C majorC
I cursed my tongue-tied youthfulness, hoped she'd hear my heart


   G+G       D/F#D/F#     E minorEm       C majorC
When all was safely gathered in, we sat down to rest


           D MajorD
My trembling fingers touched her arm


            E minorEm
She placed them on her breast


Instrumental:
E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC

Verse:

  E minorEm         C majorC         G+G       D/F#D/F#
She turned to me as the sun went down and all my senses reeled


E minorEm         C majorC            B minorBm         C majorC
We lay there on the scented ground 'til the moon rose over the field


Instrumental:
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm C majorC
D MajorD  E minorEm  C majorC  E minorEm  C majorC
Gm7Gm7  Eb MajorEb  Gm7Gm7  Eb MajorEb
Gm7Gm7  Eb MajorEb  Gm7Gm7  Eb MajorEb
E minorEm  C majorC  E minorEm  C majorC

Verse:

E minorEm       C majorC       G+G         D/F#D/F#
She was safely gathered in my arms when from the barn


E minorEm           C majorC       B minorBm       C majorC
Drifted the sound of a violin and we hurried to the farm


G+G            D/F#D/F#       E minorEm        C majorC
All were dancing in the lantern light and music filled the air


                D MajorD
And I thanked the stars and the harvest moon


               E minorEm
For the girl from the hiring fair


Outro:
E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC E minorEm C majorC x3