Biography:
Fairport Convention is often credited with being one of the first English folk rock bands. Formed in 1967, Fairport rapidly developed from playing cover versions of American 'west coast' music to an individual style which melded rock music with traditional English folk tunes and songs.
Like their peers The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and Jefferson Airplane they were blessed with several considerable individual talents and produced music that -at least initially- was eclectic, as well as exploratory.
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- Angel Delight
- Around The Wild Cape Horn
- Autopsy
- Banbury Fair
- Banks Of The Sweet Primroses
- Best Wishes
- Bird On The Wire
- Book Song
- Breakfast In Mayfair
- Bring Em Down
- Bring Me Back My Feathers
- Cajun Woman
- Cell Song
- Celtic Moon
- Chelsea Morning
- Claudy Banks
- Clear Water
- Close To The Wind
- Closing Time
- Come All Ye
- Crazy Man Michael
- Dark Eyed Molly
- Dawn
- Decameron
- Devils Work
- Diamonds And Gold
- Doctor Of Physick
- Dont Leave Too Soon
- Eastern Rain
- Eynsham Poacher
- Farewell Farewell
- Fotheringay
- Genesis Hall
- George Jackson
- Ginnie
- Home Is Where The Heart Is
- Honour And Praise
- How Many Times
- How Many Times Do You Have To Fall
- Hungarian Rhapsody
- I Dont Know Where I Stand
- I Wandered By A Brookside
- If I Had A Ribbon Bow
- If Stomp
- Ill Keep It With Mine
- Im Already There
- Iron Lion
- Its Alright Ma Its Only Witchcraft
- Jack O Diamonds
- Jesus On The Mainline
- John Condon
- John Gaudie
- John My Son
- Knights Of The Road
- Lady Of Pleasure
- Let It Go
- Little Did I Think
- London Danny
- London River
- Lord Marlborough
- Love At First Sight
- Madeleine
- Matthew Mark Luke And John
- Matty Groves
- Meet On The Ledge
- Million Dollar Bash
- Morning Glory
- My Girl
- My Love Is In America
- Naughty Sailors Alphabet
- Neil Gows Apprentice
- No Mans Land
- Nottamun Town
- Now Be Thankful
- One More Chance
- One Sure Thing
- Open The Door Richard
- Our Bus Rolls On
- Over The Next Hill
- Percys Song
- Pleasure And Pain
- Polly On The Shore
- Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman
- Red And Gold
- Restless
- Reunion Hill
- Reynardine
- Rising For The Moon
- Rocky Road
- Rosemarys Sister
- Rosie
- Ruis Guitar
- Sailors Alphabet
- Set Me Up
- She Moved Through The Fair
- She Moves Through The Fair
- Si Tu Dois Partir
- Sir Patrick Spens
- Six Days On The Road
- Sloth Just A Roll
- Some Sweet Day
- Step By Step
- Stranger To Himself
- Sun Shade
- Suzanne
- Tale In Hard Time
- Talking About My Love
- Tam Lin
- The Ballad Of Easy Rider
- The Deserter
- The Fossil Hunter
- The Heart Of The Song
- The Hiring Fair
- The Journeymans Grace
- The Last Waltz
- The Man In The Water
- The Naked Highwayman
- The Plainsman
- The Poor Ditching Boy
- The Time Is Near
- The Vision
- Theodores Song
- Three Drunken Maidens
- Time Will Show The Wiser
- To Althea From Prison
- Travelling By Steam
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- Wandering Man
- Wat Tyler
- What Is True
- White Dress
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- You Never Wanted Me
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The Deserter
Intro.
D,Em,A,Bm,G,A,D-D,Em,A,Bm,G,Em,A
Bm D A Em
Here I stand in a land that isn't my own
Bm D A Em
Far from the country that I know as home
Bm G A Bm
I was sent here by government armed by the King
G D Em A
And I'm told I must kill men in order to bring
Bm G A
Peace to this foreign land
Bm D A Em
There he lies on a land no longer his own
Bm D A Em
In the grey of the country that he knows as home
Bm G A Bm
He was sent here by government, but he might not agree
G D Em A
And if someone must kill him God why is it me?
Bm G A
To bring peace to this foreign land
Chorus
D A
Don't despise the deserter
Bm G
Don't despise the deserter
D Em
Don't despise the deserter
G A
Who ran from the war
D A
Don't despise the deserter
Bm G
Don't despise the deserter
D Em
Don't despise the deserter
G D
Who ran from the war.
Inter.
D,Em,A,Bm,G,A,D-D,Em,A,Bm,G,Em,A
Bm D A Em
So I bent down to drag him away from the wire
Bm D A Em
But the rifles to the left of me started to fire
Bm G A Bm
He was riddled with bullets, I was smothered in blood
G G Em A
And I don't see how murdering somebody could
Bm G A
Bring peace to a foreign land
Bm D A Em
So I ran from the fighting threw down my gun
Bm D A Em
And I ran by the moon and slept by the sun
Bm G A Bm
Now arrested by government and charged by the King
G D Em A
To be shot 'cos I can't kill in order to bring
Bn G A
Peace to a foreign land
Chorus
Ending
D,Em,A,Bm,G,A,D-D,Em,A,Bm,G,Em,A,
D,Em,A,Bm,G,A,D-D,Em,A,Bm,G,Em,A,D
The chord runs marked Intro, Inter & Ending are very much my interpretation of an amazing section of
violin lead.
It works and sound reasonable.
(Waltz time. By the way)
Intro.
D,Em,A,Bm,G,A,D-D,Em,A,Bm,G,Em,A
Bm D A Em
Here I stand in a land that isn't my own
Bm D A Em
Far from the country that I know as home
Bm G A Bm
I was sent here by government armed by the King
G D Em A
And I'm told I must kill men in order to bring
Bm G A
Peace to this foreign land
Bm D A Em
There he lies on a land no longer his own
Bm D A Em
In the grey of the country that he knows as home
Bm G A Bm
He was sent here by government, but he might not agree
G D Em A
And if someone must kill him God why is it me?
Bm G A
To bring peace to this foreign land
Chorus
D A
Don't despise the deserter
Bm G
Don't despise the deserter
D Em
Don't despise the deserter
G A
Who ran from the war
D A
Don't despise the deserter
Bm G
Don't despise the deserter
D Em
Don't despise the deserter
G D
Who ran from the war.
Inter.
D,Em,A,Bm,G,A,D-D,Em,A,Bm,G,Em,A
Bm D A Em
So I bent down to drag him away from the wire
Bm D A Em
But the rifles to the left of me started to fire
Bm G A Bm
He was riddled with bullets, I was smothered in blood
G G Em A
And I don't see how murdering somebody could
Bm G A
Bring peace to a foreign land
Bm D A Em
So I ran from the fighting threw down my gun
Bm D A Em
And I ran by the moon and slept by the sun
Bm G A Bm
Now arrested by government and charged by the King
G D Em A
To be shot 'cos I can't kill in order to bring
Bn G A
Peace to a foreign land
Chorus
Ending
D,Em,A,Bm,G,A,D-D,Em,A,Bm,G,Em,A,
D,Em,A,Bm,G,A,D-D,Em,A,Bm,G,Em,A,D
The chord runs marked Intro, Inter & Ending are very much my interpretation of an amazing section of
violin lead.
It works and sound reasonable.
(Waltz time. By the way)
Faith First
Faith Marie
Faith Music Mani (...)
Faith Mussa
Faith Petric