Leaving On The Evening Tide chords by Ron Hynes

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D A D G D A Dsus4 D

Verse:
     D   A           D       G     D
I am leavin’, on the evenin’ tide,
    Bm               Em A   D
Now Mother don't, go cryin'.
    A                 D              G     D
For my own tears, are hard enough to hide,
    Bm                 A   D
And won't survive sad, partin’.
         Bm     F#m     G    A
For I am bound away, to Americay.
G            D          Em         A
No I can't delay, no my mind won't change.
         D                 A                D              G
Let your young man say goodbye, before your boy, begins to cry,
     D               A       G     Gm   D               A       D
I am leavin’, on the evenin’ tide. I am leavin’, on the evenin’ tide.
             A            D        G            D
Woh-ooh-woh, oh,  Woh-ooh-woh, oh, oh,   Oh-oh, oh, oh,
        A         Dsus4 D
Woh-ooh-oh,  Woh, Woh.

Verse:
              A              D     G   D
Look here old man, I've done all I can,
        Bm            Em A   D
I can't rise up, your burden.
                A         D               G   D
For the land is done, and your, course is run,
   Bm          A    D
Mi-ine, is barely begun.
        Bm     F#m        G                A
So I am bound away, and I know what you'll say.
G                D             Em         A
You'll curse the day, that you gave me my name.
              D           A            D           G
And with your heart, so betrayed, with cruelty and pride.
         D               A       G     Gm   D               A       D
But I am leavin’, on the evenin’ tide. I am leavin’, on the evenin’ tide.
             A            D        G            D
Woh-ooh-woh, oh,  Woh-ooh-woh, oh, oh,   Oh-oh, oh, oh,
        A         Dsus4 D
Woh-ooh-oh,  Woh, Woh.

Key Change:

Verse:
     E   B           E       A
I am leavin’, on the evenin’ tide,
E    C#m            F#m B
Make no mistake, my darling.
E   B                    E              A
And were I to gaze, once more into your eyes,
        E         C#m             B   E
I would still, be in your arms by mornin’.
        C#m    B      A                 B
So I am bound away, before the break of day,
A           E            F#m           B
This note explains, what I could never say,
E                     B      E                A
Please don't wait for me, forget the tears we cried,
     E               B       A     Am   E               B       E
I am leavin’, on the evenin’ tide, I am leavin’, on the evenin’ tide.
             B            E        A           E
Woh-ooh-woh, oh,  Woh-ooh-woh, oh, oh,  Oh-oh, oh, oh,
         B
Woh-ooh, oh,
        E    B            E        A            E
Woh-ooh-woh, oh,  Woh-ooh-woh, oh, oh,   Oh-oh, oh, oh,
         B       A   Am
Woh-ooh, oh, oh, oh,
     E               B       A    Am E
I am leavin’, on the evenin’ tide.