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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: C
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
C G F C
Verse 1:
C G F C
We lost it all in one fierce affray.
F C F G
It hurt to fight so I didn’t stay.
C G F C
Now I regret, I did not delay
F C G C
Acting on feelings I held for a day.
Chorus:
C G F C
Fancy me, so fancy free.
F C F G
So far from home, I'm way out at sea.
C G F C
That's not the way I want it to be.
F C G C
So far from home and too far from she.
Verse 2:
C G F C
We sail with a crew of one hundred and more.
F C F G
So many good men, with humour in store.
C G F C
We drink in a crowd when we go ashore,
F C G C
But I've never been so lonely before.
Chorus:
C G F C
Fancy me, so fancy free.
F C F G
So far from home, I'm way out at sea.
C G F C
That's not the way I want it to be.
F C G C
So far from home and too far from she.
Verse 3:
C G F C
Six months have past since I let her go.
F C F G
Time will not stand the wind shall still blow.
C G F C
The waves must ever fall and grow.
F C G C
My world will still turn but ever so slow.
Chorus:
C G F C
Fancy me, so fancy free.
F C F G
So far from home, I'm way out at sea.
C G F C
That's not the way I want it to be.
F C G C
So far from home and too far from she.
Chorus:
C G F C
Fancy me, so fancy free.
F C F G
So far from home, I'm way out at sea.
C G F C
That's not the way I want it to be.
F C G C
So far from home and too far from she.
Verse 4:
C G F C
Living this lie is a foolish game.
F C F G
I've written to say she's not to blame.
C G F C
It crossed in the post with a letter that came.
F C G C
She'd written to say she felt the same.
Chorus:
C G F C
Fancy me, so fancy free.
F C F G
So far from home, I'm way out at sea.
C G F C
That's not the way I want it to be.
F C G C
So far from home and too far from she.
Song History
Last Updated: March 10, 2019