Fairport Convention - Fotheringay

      Fairport Convention

Fotheringay (What we did on our holidays 1968)


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[Intro]
Am, Dm, Em, Am (2x)

[Verse 1]
C                 G               F              Am
How often she has gazed from her castle windows all
    Em                  Am
And watched the daylight passing
G                  Am
Within her captive walls
        Dm      Em       Am
With no one to heed her calls

[Bridge]
        Dm      Em       Am

[Verse 2]
C                 G               F              Am
The evening hour is fading with the dwindling sun
    Em                  Am
And in these lonely moments
G                  Am
Those embers will be gone
        Dm      Em       Am
And the last of all the young birds flown

[Verse 3]
C                 G               F              Am
Her days of precious freedom forfeited long before
    Em                  Am
To live those fruitless years
G                  Am
Behind a guarded door
        Dm      Em       Am
But those days last no more

[Bridge]
        Dm      Em       Am

[Interlude]
Am Dm G C F Dm Em Am (2x)
E Em C F E Am

[Verse 4]
C                 G               F              Am
Tommorow at this hour she will be far away
    Em                  Am
Much further than these islands
G                  Am
For the lonely fotheringay

[Outro]
Am Dm Em Am (2x)