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'39

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Intro:

| C | C | Cdim | C | Am | Am | E | E | Bb | Bb | Eb | Eb | G | G |
| G | D | Em | C | G | D | C | G | G | D | Em | C | Cmaj7 | D7 | G |

       D7                    Em
In the year of '39 assembled here the volunteers

       C         G          D7
In the days when lands were few

         Em          G
Here the ship sailed out into the

C                    G        D7         G
Blue and sunny morn, sweetest sight ever seen.

        D7                          Ebdim
And the night followed day, and the storytellers say

         Em                   Am
That the score brave souls inside

    G                        D7
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas

             C           D7            G       |D7|
Never looked back, never feared, never cried.


          G                           C            G
Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away,

          G               D7
Don't you hear me calling you

            G      Bm      Em  D6      C      Bm       Am
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand

        Bm           D7            G
In the land that our grandchildren knew.

Bridge:

| Eb | Eb | Cm | Cm | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 | A | A | A | A |
| C | C | Cdim | C | Am | Am | E | E | Bb | Bb | Bb | Eb | Eb | G |

In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue
The volunteers came home that day
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
For the earth is old and grey, little darling we'll away
But my love this cannot be
For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
Your mother's eyes, from your eyes cry to me.

Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
All the letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand

       Em7          D7         G
For my life, still ahead, pity me.

Outtro:

| G | D | Em | C | Cmaj7 | D G | G | D G |

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Tabs by: Ciaran

Published: 24 Dec, 2009

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