TOO CLOSE TO THE WIND


G   C    G    C   C   G

G                em          hm             C
Farewell to you, my faithful Nancy
C                      D       G
And a thousand times adieu;
G                   em            hm       C         
For the constable comes up from Brackley Market
C                      D               G
And a hundred volunteers too.
C                                        G
No more will we hide in the forest
      am                     C             D
For fear they might run us to ground
G                em             D               C
For the wild sea, we'd sailed upon it
C    D                G
Too close to the wind.


G             em               hm       C
For twenty years, we have roved the highways
C          D          G
Of Northamptonshire.
G                   em            hm       C
From Daventry* down to the southern byways
C                         D               G
We robbed both the rich and the poor.
C                                              G
For ofttimes our families were starving
am                     C             D
And the highway it kept them alive,
G                em             D          C
So the wild sea, we sailed upon it
C    D                G
Too close to the wind.


G             em      hm          C
Tonight I lie in a darkened dungeon
C                               D       G
Condemned on the gallows to die,
G                         em      hm    C
While the man who gave us away is only
C             D       G
Bound for Australia.
C                                        G
No man could be found to defend us
am             C                         D
Naught but abuse came our way,
G                em             D               C
For the wild sea, we'd sailed upon it
C    D                G
Too close to the