X X X X Am Am Am Am
G G
G D Em C G D C G
e|---3-------2------0----0----0-----3----2---0------3------|
B|---3-------3------0----0----1-----3----3---1------3------|
G D Em C G D G G G G (folk strum)
e|---3-------2------0----0----0-----3--2---------|
B|---3-------3------0----0----1-----3--3---------|
G (pickup chord) D Em
In the year of '39.... Assembled here the volunteers
C~ G D Em Em7 In the
days when lands were few Here the ship sailed out into the
C~ [ch]D(add4)[/ch] Dmaj G
Blue and sunny morn Sweetest sight ever seen.
G D B7
And night followed day, and the story tellers say
Em Am (then passing notes C B A F#)
That the score brave souls inside
G D
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
C Em C D C (G) D------
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried.
G C G
Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away,
G D
Don't you hear me calling you
G F#/G Em D C B/G Am
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand
Em D G
In the land that our grandchildren knew.
In the C~, I add D&G on top:
F#/G B/G
x x Am Am Am Am
G G
C C Am E
B Eb B C F G G
| C | C | Cdim | C | Am | Am | E | E | Bb | Bb | Eb | Eb | G | G |
| G | D | Em | C | G | D | C | G | G | D | Em | C | Cmaj7 | D7 | G |
D7 Em
In the year of '39 assembled here the volunteers
C G D7
In the days when lands were few
Em G
Here the ship sailed out into the
C G D7 G
Blue and sunny morn, sweetest sight ever seen.
D7 Ebdim
And the night followed day, and the storytellers say
Em Am
That the score brave souls inside
G D7
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
C D7 G |D7|
Never looked back, never feared, never cried.
G C G
Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away,
G D7
Don't you hear me calling you
G Bm Em D6 C Bm Am
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand
Bm D7 G
In the land that our grandchildren knew.
| Eb | Eb | Cm | Cm | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 | A | A | A | A |
| C | C | Cdim | C | Am | Am | E | E | Bb | Bb | Bb | Eb | Eb | G |
Em7 D7 G
For my life, still ahead, pity me.
| G | D | Em | C | Cmaj7 | D G | G | D G |
