Chords for Fairport Convention - Honour and Praise (2012)

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_ [Am] _ [F] _ On [C] a fine [F] summer's morning we lay at the quay [C] The hulls [Dm] were filled high [F] with the treasures
of the [G] sea So [C] that they could be transported by the boats
[F] _ _ [C] _ When _
_ [A] _ _ [C] the loaning was long we hoisted full steam Prayed for good winds [Dm] to guide us and
[C]
deliverance [G] regale [C] And the thoughts of the crew turned to hope
and strong ale As we cast [C] off [Em] the ropes and [F] set sail
_ [G] Fight for the land from the breeze Sail the sea through all the days
In cold ground I'll [Am] never lay _ I'd [G] rather die [Am] on the ocean _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] If you'd like to see the weather [F] was fine [C] The wind [Dm] that we'd pray for [F] had made a [G] good time
[C] The honour [F] of the first [C] harvest [F] today [C] From old land I hear
[G] _ [C] But then all of [F] a sudden [C] an ocean [F]-style course [C] The gale was [Dm] unblowin' [F] and the storm [G] gathered
for us [C] And I wonder [F] if for all [C] we'd reach [F] our home
[C] For if we'd [G] all be lost [F] in that storm _ _ [G] Fight for [C] the land from the [G] breeze
Sail the sea through [C] all the days In [G] cold ground I'll never [Am] lay
_ _ [G] I'd rather die on [Am] the ocean
_ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ Well [C] the waves washed the [F] deck in the [C] wind They [F] forgot [C] what we'd [Dm] learned
We knew to stay [F] clear of the [G] rock [C] But the fighting [F] did [C] not stop
We [F] bowed our locks [C] and our breaths flew [Dm] away on the wind
[G] _ [C] Well I coughed [F] and I choked [C] and I tasted [F] the sea
[C] I looked over [Dm] at the sand [F] and there was no one to [G] feed
And I knew [F] that my time to [C] see had finished [F] me
[C] And I wish that [G] I'd drowned in [F] that storm _ _
[G] Fight for [F] the land [G] from the breeze Sail the sea through [C] all the days
[G] In cold ground I'll never [Am] _ lay
I'd rather die on the ocean _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [Cm] For the rest [F] of my days
[C] That I've given
It's [Dm] all my [Cm] cruel, chaste pain
_ [C] Search [Dm] of the gallant [Em] and unrest
[F] And [C] I wish that [G] I'd drowned [F] in that storm
_ _ [G] _ [C] Fight for the land [G] from the breeze Sail the sea through all [C] the days
In [G] cold ground I'll [Am] never lay
_ I'd rather die on the ocean
_ [G] _ Fight for the [F] land from the breeze Sail [A] the sea through [C] all the days
In [G] cold ground I'll [Am] never lay
_ I'd rather [G] die on the ocean
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