G
D
Em
C
G
D
C
G
G
D
Em
C
Cmaj7
D
G
D
In the year of thirty-nine
Em
Assembled here the volunteers
C
G
D
In the days when lands were few
Em
Em7
And the ship sailed out
C
into the blue and sunny mornin’
Dsus4
D
G
The sweetest sight ever seen
D
And the night followed day
B7
And the story tellers say
Em
Am
That the score brave souls inside
G
For many a lonely day
D
Sailed across the milky seas
C
Em
C
D
C
G
D
Never looked back never feared never cried
G
Don’t you hear my call
C
G
Though you’re many years away
C
G
Dsus4
D
Don’t you hear me calling you
G
B7
Em
Write your letters in the sand
C
G
Am
For the day I’ll take your hand
G
D
G
In the land that our grand-children knew
D
In the year of thirty-nine
Em
Came a ship in from the blue
C
G
D
The volunteers came home that day
Em
Em7
And they bring good news
C
Of a world so newly born
Dsus4
D
G
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
D
For the earth is old and grey
B7
Little darlin’ well away
Em
Am
But my love this cannot be
G
Oh, so many years have gone
D
Though I’m older than a year
C
Em
C
D
C
G
D
Your mothers eyes from your eyes cry to me
G
Don’t you hear my call
C
G
Though you’re many years away
C
G
Dsus4
D
Don’t you hear me calling you
G
B7
Em
Write your letters in the sand
C
G
Am
For the day I’ll take your hand
G
D
G
In the land that our grand-children knew
G
Don’t you hear my call
C
G
Though you’re many years away
C
G
Dsus4
D
Don’t you hear me calling you
G
B7
Em
All your letters in the sand
C
G
Am
Cannot heal me like your hand
G
D
G
For my life still ahead pity me
G
D
Em
C
G
D
C
G
G
D
Em
C
Cmaj7
D
G
G
Em7
C
Dsus4
B7
Am
D
Cmaj7
Em
