Close To The Wind chords

[INTRO]
[E] [C#m] [B] [C#m] [B] [E]

[VERSE]
N.C.
Fare-[E]well to [C#m]you, my [B]faithful [A]Nancy
And a [C#m]thousand [B]times, a[E]dieu
N.C.
For the [E]constable [C#m]comes up from [B]Brackley [A]Market
And a [C#m]hundred [B]volunteers [E]too

[VERSE]
No [A]more will we hide in the [E]forest
For [F#m7]fear they would run us to [B]ground
But the [E]wild [C#m]sea, we [B]sailed u[A]pon it
[C#m]Too [B]close to the [E]wind

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[E] [C#m] [B] [C#m] [B] [E]

[VERSE]
For twenty [C#m]years we have [B]roved the [A]highways
[C#m]Nort[B]hampton[E]shire
Daventry [C#m]down to the [B]southern [A]byways
[C#m]Topped both the [B]rich and the [E]poor

[VERSE]
For [A]ofttimes our families were [E]starving
And the [F#m7]highway it kept them a[B]live
And the [E]wild [C#m]sea, we [B]sailed u[A]pon it
[C#m]Too [B]close to the [E]wind

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[E] [C#m] [B] [C#m] [B] [E]

[VERSE]
Tonight I [C#m]lie in a [B]darkened [A]dungeon
Con[C#m]demned on the [B]gallows to [E]die
While the man who [C#m]gave us a[B]way is [A]only
Bo[C#m]und for Aus[B]trali[E]a

[VERSE]
No [A]man could be found to de[E]fend us
And [F#m7]naught but abuse came our [B]way
But the [E]wild [C#m]sea, we [B]sailed u[A]pon it
[C#m]Too [B]close to the [E]wind

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[E] [C#m] [B] [C#m] [B] [E]

[VERSE]
And the clouds they [C#m]rise over [B]Northampton [A]market
And the [C#m]crowds pour [B]into the [E]town
And the people will [C#m]throng in these [B]streets until [A]sunset
When the [C#m]hangman [B]cuts us [E]down

[VERSE]
And [A]fifty children of [E]Culworth
Their [F#m7]fathers are taken a[B]way
And the [E]wild [C#m]sea, they [B]sailed u[A]pon it
[C#m]Too [B]close to the [E]wind
The [E]wild [C#m]sea, we [B]sailed u[A]pon it [C#m]
Too [B]close to the [E]wind

[OUTRO]
[E] [C#m] [B] [C#m] [B] [E]