Leaving Of Liverpool chords by The Dubliners

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
  A         D    A
Farewell the prince's landing stage
            E7
River Mersey fare thee well
   A       D  A
I am bound for California,
     E7     A
A place I know right well

Chorus:
  E         D    A
So fare thee well my own true love,
               E
when I return, united we will be.
       A             D    A
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
            E7    A
But my darling, when I think of thee

Verse 2:
   A       D  A
I am bound for California
           E7
By way of stormy Cape Horn,
    A        D    A
I will write to thee a letter, love,
     E7    A
When I am homeward bound

Chorus:
  E         D    A
So fare thee well my own true love,
               E
when I return, united we will be.
       A             D    A
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
            E7    A
But my darling, when I think of thee

Verse 3:
    A        D    A
I have shipped a Yankee clipper ship,
           E7
Davy Crockett is her name,
  A       D     A
And Burgess is the captain of her
             E    A
And they say that she's a floating hell

Chorus:
  E         D    A
So fare thee well my own true love,
               E
when I return, united we will be.
       A             D    A
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
            E7    A
But my darling, when I think of thee

Verse 4:
    A          D   A
I have sailed with Burgess once before
          E
I think I know him well
   A           D  A
If a man's a sailor he will get along
         E7   A
If not then he's sure in hell

Chorus:
  E         D    A
So fare thee well my own true love,
               E
when I return, united we will be.
       A             D    A
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
            E7    A
But my darling, when I think of thee

Break:
| E   | D A |
| A   | E   |
| A   | D A |
| A E7 | A   |

Verse 5:
  A       D    A
Farewell to Lower Fredrick Street
            E
Anson Terrace and Park Lane
   A         D   A
I am bound away for to leave you
          E7  A
And I'll never see you again

Chorus:
  E         D    A
So fare thee well my own true love,
               E
when I return, united we will be.
       A             D    A
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
            E7    A
But my darling, when I think of thee

Break:
| E   | D A |
| A   | E   |
| A   | D A |
| A E7 | A   |

Chorus:
  E         D    A
So fare thee well my own true love,
               E
when I return, united we will be.
       A             D    A
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
            E7    A
But my darling, when I think of thee