Intro:
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| GD | EmC | Cmaj7 | D |
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DEm
In the year of thirty-nine assembled here the volunteers
CGD
In the days when the lands were few
EmEm7C
And the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn
Dsus4DG
The sweetest sight ever seen.
DB7
And the night followed day, and the storytellers say
EmF#m/EGm/EAm
The score brave souls inside
GD
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
CEmCDCGD
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried
GCG
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
GCGD
Don't you hear me calling you
GB7Em
Write your letters in the sand
Em7CGAm
For the day I take your hand
Em7DG
In the land that our grandchildren knew
DEm
In the year of thirty-nine came a ship in from the blue
CGD
The volunteers came home that day
EmEm7C
And they bring good news from a world so newly born
Dsus4DG
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
DB7
For the earth is old and grey, little darling we'll away
EmF#m/EGm/EAm
But my love this cannot be
GD
For so many years have gone but I'm older but a year
CEmCDCGD
Your mother's eyes from your eyes - cry to me
GCG
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
GCGD
Don't you hear me calling you
GB7Em
Write your letters in the sand
Em7CGAm
For the day I take your hand
Em7DGD
In the land that our grandchildren knew
GCG
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
GCGD
Don't you hear me calling you
GB7Em
All your letters in the sand
EmCGAm
Can not heal me like your your hand
Em7DG
For my life, still ahead, pity me
Outro:
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This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.