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