Chords with lyrics
Use 
A augmentedA capo on the third fret.
Plucking pattern: Repeat throughout song, add a few more stings in if you would like.
D MajorD 
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
e --------X-------| |--------2-------3-------0-------2---|
BB ------X---X-----| |------3---3---3---3---2---2---3---3-|
G+G ----X-----------| Eg: |----2-------0-------2-------2-------|
D MajorD ----------------| |------------------------------------|
A augmentedA ----------------| |------------------------------------|
E MajorE ----------------| |------------------------------------|
Intro:| D MajorD |
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
We were far from the shores of England,
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Far from our children and wives
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
To play our hand in the Newfoundland
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
where the wind cuts like a knife
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
we were far from the shores of England
D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
We shipped on board the Maryanne
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
to find a better life
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
and we walked across the water
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
when she broke up on the ice
D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
we came ashore in Carbonear
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
with nothing but our rights
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
and I wondered if I e'er again
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
would see my London Lights
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
We were far from the shores of England,
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Far from our children and wives
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
To play our hand in the Newfoundland
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
where the wind cuts like a knife
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
we were far from the shores of England
D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
We spend our days amid the waves
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
working water, hook and twine
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
we'd go for weeks with blistered cheeks
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
waiting for the sun to shine
D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
but as long as the sky hold over us
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
we will not taste the brine
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
and we'll curse the cod with the fear of god
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
as we haul in every line
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
We were far from the shores of England,
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Far from our children and wives
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
To play our hand in the Newfoundland
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
where the wind cuts like a knife
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
we were far from the shores of England,
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
far from our native soil
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
to chase a wish,and to hunt the fish,
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
and on the rocks to toil
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
we were far from the shores of England
Break: |D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD|x2
D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Should we find fortune's favour,
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
and be spared from the gale
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
we will live off honest labour
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
with our hearts as big as sails
D MajorD D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
but if I should die don't bury me
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
or leave me to the sea
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
just send my bones back to my home
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
where my spirit can be free
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
We were far from the shores of England,
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Far from our children and wives
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
To play our hand in the Newfoundland
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
where the wind cuts like a knife
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
we were far from the shores of England,
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
far from our native soil
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
to chase a wish,and to hunt the fish,
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
and on the rocks to toil
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
we were far from the shores of England
Other versions of England
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for England by Great Big Sea
