Leaving Of Liverpool chords by The Dubliners

Chords with lyrics

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

Verse 1:
  A augmentedA         D MajorD    A augmentedA
Farewell the prince's landing stage
            E7E7
River Mersey fare thee well
   A augmentedA       D MajorD  A augmentedA
I am bound for California,
     E7E7     A augmentedA
A majorA place I know right well

Chorus:
  E MajorE         D MajorD    A augmentedA
So fare thee well my own true love,
               E MajorE
when I return, united we will be.
       A augmentedA             D MajorD    A augmentedA
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
            E7E7    A augmentedA
But my darling, when I think of thee

Verse 2:
   A augmentedA       D MajorD  A augmentedA
I am bound for California
           E7E7
By way of stormy Cape Horn,
    A augmentedA        D MajorD    A augmentedA
I will write to thee a letter, love,
     E7E7    A augmentedA
When I am homeward bound

Chorus:
  E MajorE         D MajorD    A augmentedA
So fare thee well my own true love,
               E MajorE
when I return, united we will be.
       A augmentedA             D MajorD    A augmentedA
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
            E7E7    A augmentedA
But my darling, when I think of thee

Verse 3:
    A augmentedA        D MajorD    A augmentedA
I have shipped a Yankee clipper ship,
           E7E7
Davy Crockett is her name,
  A augmentedA       D MajorD     A augmentedA
And Burgess is the captain of her
             E MajorE    A augmentedA
And they say that she's a floating hell

Chorus:
  E MajorE         D MajorD    A augmentedA
So fare thee well my own true love,
               E MajorE
when I return, united we will be.
       A augmentedA             D MajorD    A augmentedA
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
            E7E7    A augmentedA
But my darling, when I think of thee

Verse 4:
    A augmentedA          D MajorD   A augmentedA
I have sailed with Burgess once before
          E MajorE
I think I know him well
   A augmentedA           D MajorD  A augmentedA
If a man's a sailor he will get along
         E7E7   A augmentedA
If not then he's sure in hell

Chorus:
  E MajorE         D MajorD    A augmentedA
So fare thee well my own true love,
               E MajorE
when I return, united we will be.
       A augmentedA             D MajorD    A augmentedA
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
            E7E7    A augmentedA
But my darling, when I think of thee

Break:
| E MajorE   | D MajorD A augmentedA |
| A augmentedA   | E MajorE   |
| A augmentedA   | D MajorD A augmentedA |
| A augmentedA E7E7 | A augmentedA   |

Verse 5:
  A augmentedA       D MajorD    A augmentedA
Farewell to Lower Fredrick Street
            E MajorE
Anson Terrace and Park Lane
   A augmentedA         D MajorD   A augmentedA
I am bound away for to leave you
          E7E7  A augmentedA
And I'll never see you again

Chorus:
  E MajorE         D MajorD    A augmentedA
So fare thee well my own true love,
               E MajorE
when I return, united we will be.
       A augmentedA             D MajorD    A augmentedA
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
            E7E7    A augmentedA
But my darling, when I think of thee

Break:
| E MajorE   | D MajorD A augmentedA |
| A augmentedA   | E MajorE   |
| A augmentedA   | D MajorD A augmentedA |
| A augmentedA E7E7 | A augmentedA   |

Chorus:
  E MajorE         D MajorD    A augmentedA
So fare thee well my own true love,
               E MajorE
when I return, united we will be.
       A augmentedA             D MajorD    A augmentedA
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
            E7E7    A augmentedA
But my darling, when I think of thee