Close To The Wind chords by Fairport Convention

Intro:
E    C#m  B  C#m  B  E

Verse:

N.C. E       C#m     B        A
Fare-well to you, my faithful Nancy


      C#m      B       E
And a thousand times, adieu


N.C.    E         C#m           B        A
For the constable comes up from Brackley Market

      C#m     B          E
And a hundred volunteers too


Verse:

   A                        E
No more will we hide in the forest


    F#m7                      B
For fear they would run us to ground


        E    C#m     B       A
But the wild sea, we sailed upon it


C#m B            E
Too close to the wind


Instrumental:
E    C#m  B  C#m  B  E

Verse:

           C#m           B         A
For twenty years we have roved the highways


C#m B      E
Northamptonshire


         C#m         B        A
Daventry down to the southern byways


C#m             B            E
Topped both the rich and the poor


Verse:

    A                          E
For ofttimes our families were starving


        F#m7                  B
And the highway it kept them alive


        E    C#m     B       A
And the wild sea, we sailed upon it


C#m B            E
Too close to the wind


Instrumental:
E    C#m  B  C#m  B  E

Verse:

          C#m      B        A
Tonight I lie in a darkened dungeon


   C#m           B          E
Condemned on the gallows to die


                  C#m      B      A
While the man who gave us away is only


  C#m        B    E
Bound for Australia


Verse:

   A                       E
No man could be found to defend us


    F#m7                      B
And naught but abuse came our way


        E    C#m     B       A
But the wild sea, we sailed upon it


C#m B            E
Too close to the wind


Instrumental:
E    C#m  B  C#m  B  E

Verse:

                    C#m       B           A
And the clouds they rise over Northampton market


        C#m         B        E
And the crowds pour into the town


                    C#m             B             A
And the people will throng in these streets until sunset


         C#m     B       E
When the hangman cuts us down


Verse:

    A                 E
And fifty children of Culworth


      F#m7               B
Their fathers are taken away


        E    C#m       B       A
And the wild sea, they sailed upon it


C#m B            E
Too close to the wind


    E    C#m     B       A       C#m
The wild sea, we sailed upon it


    B            E
Too close to the wind


Outro:
E    C#m  B  C#m  B  E