Fairport Convention - Neil Gows Apprentice

      [Intro]
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[Chorus]
                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over
                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done
     D
I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree
         Bm                E
With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me
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Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun

[Verse]
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An old man looks in his inglenook and he wonders
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His brother in a foreign land he must remain
     D
When doubt about the life he'd choose
     Bm                  E
They each would wear the other one's shoes
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This motherland is a source of constant pain

[Chorus]
                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over
                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done
     D
I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree
         Bm                E
With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me
A                    E              A     E  A
Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun

[Instrumental]
A  E  A     x3
D    Bm  E
A  E  A

[Verse]
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All my life I have lived within these borders
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While he has gone to retrieve the setting sun
D
In the pitch-black Highland night
     Bm             E
He's toiling in the sunshine bright
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Do the time while summer passes by

[Chorus]
                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over
                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done
     D
I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree
         Bm                E
With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me
A                    E              A     E  A
Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun

[Instrumental]
A  E  A    x3
D    Bm  E
A  E  A    x3
D    Bm  E
A  E  A

[Verse]
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Rumbling Brig, I heard your voices calling
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In the outback, still I hear your song
D
Feeding from this foreign field
     Bm                     E
With far more fish than the burn could yield
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This trip will be my last and it won't be long

[Chorus]
                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over
                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done
     D
I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree
         Bm                E
With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me
A                    E              A     E  A
Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun

[Chorus]
                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's over
                   E                  A
Oh, no more will I rove no more, it's done
     D
I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree
         Bm                E
With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me
A                    E              A
Listen, Neil, your apprentice has begun

[Outro]
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