Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: C majorC
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
Verse 1:
(start singing with the previous G+G)
C majorC G+G
Fare thee well
C majorC G+G
My own true love
C majorC G+G
Farewell for a while
C majorC G+G
I'm going away
C majorC G+G
But I'll be back
Chorus 1:
FF
Though I go 10,000 miles
C majorC G+G
10,000 miles
C majorC G+G
My own true love
C majorC G+G
10,000 miles or more
C majorC G+G
The rocks may melt
C majorC G+G
And the seas may burn
FF C majorC G+G
If I should not return
Verse 2:
C majorC G+G
Oh, don't you see
C majorC G+G
That lonesome dove?
C majorC G+G
Sitting on an ivy tree
C majorC G+G
She's weeping for
C majorC G+G
Her own true love
Chorus 2:
FF G+G FF G+G
As I shall weep for mine
Verse 3:
C majorC G+G
Oh, come ye back
C majorC G+G
My own true love
C majorC G+G
And stay a while with me
C majorC G+G
If I had a friend
C majorC G+G
All on this Earth
Bridge:
FF G+G FF G+G
You've been a friend to me
FF G+G
You've been a friend to me
FF G+G
You've been a friend to me
Outro:
(single strums)
C majorC G+G
Fare thee well
C majorC G+G
My own true love
C majorC G+G
Farewell for a while
C majorC
I'm going away