C
F
C
C
Dm
Am
F
I left my home on an autumn day
C
Dm
Am
Turned my face to the ocean gray.
Dm
C~E
F
Shed my life for a chance to be free
G
Am
F
C
Hang on to hope on a treacherous sea.
C
Dm
Am
F
To look back again o’er the land of mine
C
Dm
Am
To have my heart and mind beguiled
Dm
C~E
F
What lays ahead can’t be a mistake
G
Am
C
F
And day by day another Yankie wake
C
F~C
C
O’er the seas we go
G~B
Am
Em
F
C
F~C
Say fare thee well, so long to the world we know
C
F~C
C
Oh, the hell we’ll raise!
G~B
Am
Em
F
C
When fortune guides us over furious waves,
G~B
Am
Em
F
C
When fortune guides us over furious waves.
C
Dm
Am
They say hope is a fickle thing
F
C
Dm
Am
But I’d rather hope than face another frozen spring
Dm
C~E
F
I’d rather brave the oceans rage
G
Am
F
C
Than safely starve another day.
C
Dm
Am
F
The devil you know or the devil you don’t
C
Dm
Am
A hangman’s smile or a pastor doubt
Dm
C~E
F
For hope is a thing we can’t afford
G
Am
C
F
I won’t leave my luck in the hands of the Lord
C
F~C
C
O’er the seas we go
G~B
Am
Em
F
C
F~C
Say fare thee well, so long to the world we know
C
F~C
C
Oh, the hell we’ll raise!
G~B
Am
Em
F
C
When fortune guides us over furious waves,
G~B
Am
Em
F
C
When fortune guides us over furious waves.
Em
Am
All I’m bringing along with me,
Em
Am
a tiny branch of my family tree.
G
Dm
All we’ve lost and all we’ve known,
G
F
We’ll plant anew and watch it grow.
C
F~C
C
O’er the seas we go
G~B
Am
Em
F
C
F~C
Say fare thee well, so long to the world we know
C
F~C
C
Oh, the hell we’ll raise!
G~B
Am
Em
F
C
When fortune guides us over furious waves,
G~B
Am
Em
F
C
When fortune guides us over furious waves.
C
F~C
C
I say O’er the seas we go
G~B
Am
Em
F
C
F~C
Say fare thee well, so long to the world we know
C
F~C
C
Oh, the hell we’ll raise!
G~B
Am
Em
F
C
When fortune guides us over furious waves,
G~B
Am
Em
F
C
When fortune guides us over furious waves.
G~B
Am
Em
F
C
When fortune guides us over furious waves,
G~B
Am
Em
F
C
When fortune guides us over furious waves.
C
Dm
Am
F
F~C
G
Em
C~E
G~B
