Biography:
The Unthanks is an English folk group from Northumberland, known for an eclectic approach in combining traditional English folk with other musical genres. Featuring siblings Rachel Unthank and Becky Unthank, the group was, from 2004 to 2009, initially known as Rachel Unthank & The Winterset. The name changed in the summer of 2009 with the lineup. The first album to be released under the new name was "Here's the Tender Coming". The band released their 2nd album, "Last", in March 2011.
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Capo 2
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Em
Cold February and all is not well
There's few will sleep easy this night
Am G
Down on the dockside, grim silent men standing
Bm Am Em
Under the pale yellow light
Em Bm Em Bm
There's scarcely a murmur and laughter there's none
Em Bm Em
Of whispering there's barely a sound
Am G
For their thoughts are away, down there in the bay
Em Bm Em
Where it's said that the Lairdsfield is down
Gm F
Bleak February a cruel bitter wind
Eb Dm7
Stirs up the black briny foam
Gm F
Out there on the sea is no place to be
Eb Dm7 Gm
Far better by the fireside and warm
Gm Dm7 Gm Am
But not for the sailor the soft easy chair
Gm Dm Gm
He's out there earning his bread
Cm Bb
But tonight there are ten who'll work never again
Gm Dm Gm
Counted among the drowned dead
Dm C
Dark February a few flakes of snow
Bb Am7 A
Drift over bowed heads on the stray
Dm C
By the breakwater side and along by the Gare
Bb Am Dm
They wait for the first streaks of day
Gm Dm Gm Am
And over the sand-dunes and over the bar
Gm Dm Gm
See a few feet of keel nothing more
Dm C
Held fast in the sand with all of her hands
Bb A Dm
Barely two miles from the shore
Em D
Sad February and all is not well
C G
There's few will sleep easy this night
Am B7
Down at the dockside, grim silent men standing
C Am Em
Under the pale yellow light
Em Bm
For down there at Teesmouth
Em Am
The Lairdsfield is drowned
Em Bm Em
And with her every man of her crew
Am G
Ten men who'll not see the springtime again
Em Bm Em
Nor yet see the cold winter through
http://www.the-unthanks.com/
Em
Cold February and all is not well
There's few will sleep easy this night
Am G
Down on the dockside, grim silent men standing
Bm Am Em
Under the pale yellow light
Em Bm Em Bm
There's scarcely a murmur and laughter there's none
Em Bm Em
Of whispering there's barely a sound
Am G
For their thoughts are away, down there in the bay
Em Bm Em
Where it's said that the Lairdsfield is down
Gm F
Bleak February a cruel bitter wind
Eb Dm7
Stirs up the black briny foam
Gm F
Out there on the sea is no place to be
Eb Dm7 Gm
Far better by the fireside and warm
Gm Dm7 Gm Am
But not for the sailor the soft easy chair
Gm Dm Gm
He's out there earning his bread
Cm Bb
But tonight there are ten who'll work never again
Gm Dm Gm
Counted among the drowned dead
Dm C
Dark February a few flakes of snow
Bb Am7 A
Drift over bowed heads on the stray
Dm C
By the breakwater side and along by the Gare
Bb Am Dm
They wait for the first streaks of day
Gm Dm Gm Am
And over the sand-dunes and over the bar
Gm Dm Gm
See a few feet of keel nothing more
Dm C
Held fast in the sand with all of her hands
Bb A Dm
Barely two miles from the shore
Em D
Sad February and all is not well
C G
There's few will sleep easy this night
Am B7
Down at the dockside, grim silent men standing
C Am Em
Under the pale yellow light
Em Bm
For down there at Teesmouth
Em Am
The Lairdsfield is drowned
Em Bm Em
And with her every man of her crew
Am G
Ten men who'll not see the springtime again
Em Bm Em
Nor yet see the cold winter through
The Uskis
The V-Town Have- (...)
The Vagrants
The Valentines
The Valley