Chords with lyrics
Intro:
FF C majorC FF AbAb FF
Verse 1:
FF C majorC FF
There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor
FF Bb majorBb
Tomorrow for Old England she sails
Bb majorBb
Far away from your land of endless sunshine
Bb majorBb G+G C majorC
To my land full of rainy skies and gales
FF C majorC FF
And I shall be aboard that ship tomorrow
FF Bb majorBb
Though my heart is full of tears at this farewell
Chorus:
G+G C majorC A augmentedA D MajorD G+G C majorC
For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly
G+G C majorC FF D MajorD
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
G+G C majorC A augmentedA D MajorD G+G C majorC
For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly
G+G C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC FF
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
Verse 2:
FF C majorC FF
I've heard there's a wicked war a-blazing
FF Bb majorBb
And the taste of war I know so very well
Bb majorBb
Even now I see that foreign flag a-raising
Bb majorBb G+G C majorC
Their guns on fire as we sail into Hell
FF C majorC FF
I have no fear of death, it brings no sorrow
FF Bb majorBb
But how bitter will be this last farewell
Chorus:
G+G C majorC A augmentedA D MajorD G+G C majorC
For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly
G+G C majorC FF D MajorD
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
G+G C majorC A augmentedA D MajorD G+G C majorC
For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly
G+G C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC FF
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
Verse 3:
FF C majorC FF
Though death and darkness gather all about me
FF Bb majorBb
And my ship be torn apart upon the seas
Bb majorBb
I shall smell again the fragrance of these islands
Bb majorBb G+G C majorC
And the heaving waves that brought me once to thee
FF C majorC FF
And should I return safe home again to England
FF AbAb
I shall watch the English mist roll through the Dale
Chorus:
G+G C majorC A augmentedA D MajorD G+G C majorC
For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly
G+G C majorC FF D MajorD
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
G+G C majorC A augmentedA D MajorD G+G C majorC
For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly
G+G C majorC FF C majorC FF AbAb FF