Chords with lyrics
Intro:
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G
e|---3-------2-/-(0)----------0/---3--------2/---0-------3/
BB|---3-------3-/-(0)----------1/---3-3p0----3/---1-------3/
G+G|---0-------2-/-(0)----------0/---0----2p0-2/---0-------0/
D MajorD|---0-----0(0)/--2-2h4p2p0---2/---0--------0/---2-0h2---0/
A augmentedA|-2-2-2h3-----/--2---------3-3/---2---------/-3(3)------2/
E MajorE|-------------/0--------------/-3(3)--------/---------3-3/
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC Em/C Dsus2Dsus2 G+G
e|---3-------2-/-(0)---0------0/-0---0---0-------3/
BB|---3-------3-/-(0)---0------1/-0---0---3-------3/
G+G|---0-------2-/-(0)---0------0/-0---0---2-0-----0/
D MajorD|---0-----0(0)/--2-2h4p2p0---2/-2---2---0---4---0/
A augmentedA|-2-2-2h3-----/--2---------3-3/---3---3---------2/
E MajorE|-------------/0--------------/---------------3-3/
D MajorD
In the year of '39
E minorEm
Assembled here the volunteers
C majorC G+G D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 - D MajorD - Dsus2Dsus2 - D MajorD
In the days when lands were few
E minorEm E minor 7Em7
Here the ship sailed out
C majorC
Into the blue and sunny morn
Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD G+G (Em7/C ? G+G)
Sweetest sight ever seen
D MajorD
And night followed day
C7/b9
And the story tellers say
E minorEm Em/F# Em/GEm/G A minorAm c - b - A minorAm
That the score brave souls in - side
G+G
For many a lonely day
D MajorD
Sailed a - cross the milky seas
C majorC / E minorEm /
Never looked back
C majorC / D MajorD /
Never feared
C majorC / G+G / D MajorD
Never cried
Chorus:
G+G
Don't you hear my call
C majorC G+G
Though you're many years a - way
G+G D MajorD
Don't you hear me calling you
G+G B7/F# E minorEm
Write your letters in the sand
D MajorD C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
For the day I take your hand
g a G/BG/B D MajorD G+G
In the land that our grandchildren knew
Break:
Eb MajorEb
aahahahahah
C minorCm
aah aahahahahahah
A augmentedA
aahahahahah
C majorC F# minorF#m C majorC
aahahah aah aah
A minorAm
aahahahahah
E MajorE Bb majorBb - Bbsus4Bbsus4 - Bb- C minorCm - FF - G+G
aaah
D MajorD
In the year of '39
E minorEm
Came a ship in from the blue
C majorC G+G D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 - D MajorD - Dsus2Dsus2 - D MajorD
The Volun - teers came home that day
E minorEm E minor 7Em7
And they bring good news
C majorC
Of a world so newly born
Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD G+G Em7/C - G+G
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
D MajorD
For the earth is old and grey
C7/b9
To a new home we'll away
E minorEm Em/F# Em/GEm/G A minorAm c - b - A minorAm
But my love this can - not be
G+G
For so many years have gone
D MajorD
Though I'm older but a year
C majorC / E minorEm /
Your mother's eyes
C majorC / D MajorD /
In your eyes
C majorC / G+G / D MajorD
Cry to me
Chorus:
G+G
Don't you hear my call
C majorC G+G
Though you're many years a - way
G+G D MajorD
Don't you hear me calling you
G+G B7/F# E minorEm
Write your letters in the sand
D MajorD C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
For the day I take your hand
g a G/BG/B D MajorD G+G
In the land that our grandchildren knew
Outro:
G+G
Don't you hear my call
C majorC G+G
Though you're many years a - way
G+G D MajorD
Don't you hear me calling you
G+G B7/F# E minorEm
All the letters in the sand
D MajorD C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
Cannot heal me like your hand
E minorEm
For my life /
D MajorD
Still a - head /
G+G
Pity Me
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC Em/C Dsus2Dsus2 G+G C majorC G+G
e|---3-------2-/-(0)---0------0/-0---0---0-------3-3-3//
BB|---3-------3-/-(0)---0------1/-0---0---3-------3-1-0//
G+G|---0-------2-/-(0)---0------0/-0---0---2-0-----0-0-0//
D MajorD|---0-----0(0)/--2-2h4p2p0---2/-2---2---0---4---0-2-0//
A augmentedA|-2-2-2h3-----/--2---------3-3/---3---3---------2-3-2//
E MajorE|-------------/0--------------/---------------3-3---3//
original on 12 string