Fairport Convention – Knights Of The Road chords

[Intro]
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[Verse]
Eb                             Bb              EbSet out from Carlisle with the sun beside him
                            Bb      EbSinking low across an empty field
                       Bb                         EbOld moon a-rising, the first lone star a-shining
                                Bb      EbShadows rolling down the lonely hills

[Verse]
                              Bb                       EbRun down by Lichfield and the rain it started pouring
                           Bb     EbWater flowing up along the road
                            Bb                        EbListen to the rumble of the ten big wheels a-turning
                               Bb     DmListen for the shifting of the load

[Chorus]
               Cm    Bb                      DmKnights of the road, riders of the highways
            Cm    Bb                       BHauling the load, making it the hard way

[Verse]
E                          B                      EMiles cracked on by and he sang with his engines
                                        B      EThe old tunes like "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"
                                 B                      EDreaming of the girl who he'd be lying with at sunrise
                                    B    D#mAnother lonely milestone passed him by

[Chorus]
               C#m   B                       D#mKnights of the road, riders of the highways
            C#m   BHauling the load, making it the hard way

[Instrumental]
E   B   E   B   E   B   E   B   E

[Verse]
                            B                    ELightning it crashed and he never saw it coming
                                           B       EThey found him with his hands still at the wheel
                      B                           EJust another poor boy trying to keep 'em running
                               B       D#mHe died lugging thirty tons of steel

[Chorus]
               C#m   B                       D#m   C#mKnights of the road, riders of the highways
BMaking it the hard way