Leaving Of Liverpool chords by Alex Campbell

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
D7D7  C majorC G+G  D7D7
G+G  C majorC G+G  D7D7 G+G

Verse:
           C majorC    G+G
Farewell to Princes' landing stage
            D MajorD
River Mersey, fare thee well
   G+G       C majorC  G+G
I am bound for California
     D MajorD     G+G
A augmentedA place I know right well

Chorus:
  D MajorD         C majorC    G+G
So fare thee well my own true love
               D MajorD
When I return united we will be
       G+G             C majorC    G+G
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
           D MajorD    G+G
But my darling when I think of thee

Verse:
           C majorC    G+G
I signed on a Yankee clipper ship
            D MajorD
"Davy Crockett" was her name
    G+G           C majorC G+G
And the captain's name it was Burgess
           D MajorD    G+G
And they say she's a floating Hell

Chorus:
  D MajorD         C majorC    G+G
So fare thee well my own true love
               D MajorD
When I return united we will be
       G+G             C majorC    G+G
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
           D MajorD    G+G
But my darling when I think of thee

Verse:
             C majorC G+G
It's my second trip with Burgess
            D MajorD
And I think I know him well
   G+G           C majorC  G+G
If a man's a seaman he can get along
           D MajorD    G+G
But if not, then he's sure in Hell

Chorus:
  D MajorD         C majorC    G+G
So fare thee well my own true love
               D MajorD
When I return united we will be
       G+G             C majorC    G+G
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
           D MajorD    G+G   D MajorD G+G
But my darling when I think of thee

Verse:
          C majorC     G+G
Och, farewell Lower Frederick Street
           D MajorD
Saint Thomas and Park Lane
    G+G           C majorC  G+G
Och, I think it will be some long time
       D MajorD   G+G
Before I see thee again

Chorus:
  D MajorD         C majorC    G+G
So fare thee well my own true love
               D MajorD
When I return united we will be
       G+G             C majorC    G+G
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
           D MajorD    G+G
But my darling when I think of thee

Verse:
            C majorC   G+G
Och, I'm bound away to leave you
           D MajorD
Goodbye, my love, goodbye
    G+G        C majorC    G+G
And the only thing that grieves me
      D MajorD   G+G
Is leaving you behind

Chorus:
  D MajorD         C majorC    G+G
So fare thee well my one true love
               D MajorD
When I return united we will be
       G+G             C majorC    G+G
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
           D MajorD    G+G
But my darling when I think of thee

Outro:
D7D7  C majorC G+G  D7D7
G+G  C majorC G+G  D7D7 G+G