Leaving Of Liverpool chords by Alex Campbell

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D7    C  G    D7
G    C  G    D7  G

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Outro:
D7    C  G    D7
G    C  G    D7  G