Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse:
N.C.
I'm going far away
N.C.
Far away from poor Jeanette
N.C.
There's no one left to love me now
BbmBbm
And you too may forget
F minorFm
But my heart will be with you
DbDb AbAb
Wherever you may go
BbmBbm AbAb
Can you look me in the face and say the same, Jeano?
Verse:
BbmBbm
When you wear the jacket red,
F minorFm
Or the beautiful cockade
DbDb BbmBbm
I fear you will forget all of the promises we made
F minorFm AbAb
With your gun upon your shoulder
BbmBbm AbAb
And your saber by your side
BbmBbm
You'll be taking some fine lady
AbAb DbDb
And be making her your bride
Verse:
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Oh if I were queen of France
F minorFm
Or still better Pope of Rome
DbDb
I'd have no fighting men abroad
BbmBbm
Nor weeping maids at home
F minorFm AbAb
All the world should be at peace
DbDb AbAb
And the right should be the might
BbmBbm
I'd have those that made the quarreling
AbAb DbDb
The only ones to fight
BbmBbm
Oh if I were queen of France
F minorFm
Or still better Pope of Rome
DbDb
I'd have no fighting men abroad
BbmBbm
Nor weeping maids at home
F minorFm AbAb
All the world should be at peace
DbDb AbAb
And the right should be the might
BbmBbm
I'd have those that made the quarreling
AbAb DbDb
The only ones to fight