Artist: | The Dubliners (English) |
User: | Jay |
Duration: | 200 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
[Intro]
(JUST PLAY THE CHORDS WITHOUT THE WORDS)
D G C G
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
D G
But my darling when I think of thee
[Verse 1]
G C G
Fair thee well to Prince's Landing Stage
D
River Mersey, fair thee well
G C G
I'm bound for Californ-i-a
D G
A place I know right well
[Chorus]
D C G
So fair thee well, my own true love
G D
When I return, united we will be
G C G
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
D G
But my darling when I think of thee
[Verse 2]
C G
I am bound for Californ-i-a
D
By way of stormy Cape Horn
G C G
And I will write to thee a letter 'a love
D G
When I am homeward bound
[Chorus]
D C G
So fair thee well, my own true love
G D
When I return, united we will be
G C G
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
D G
But my darling when I think of thee
[Verse 3]
C G
I have sailed on a Yankee clipper ship
D
'Davy Crockett' is her name
G C G
And Burgess is the captain of her
D G
And they say that she's a floating shame
[Chorus]
D C G
So fair thee well, my own true love
G D
When I return, united we will be
G C G
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
D G
But my darling when I think of thee
[Verse 4]
C G
I have sailed with Burgess once before
D
I think I know him well
G C G
Oh, if a man's a sailor he will get along
D G
But if not, then he's sure in hell
[Chorus]
D C G
So fair thee well, my own true love
G D
When I return, united we will be
G C G
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
D G
But my darling when I think of thee
[Verse 5]
C G
Fair thee well, to Lower Frederick Street
D
Anson Terrace and Park Lane
G C G
Oh, I am bound away for to leave you
D G
I may never see you again
[Chorus]
D C G
So fair thee well, my own true love
G D
When I return, united we will be
G C G
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
D G
But my darling when I think of thee
D C G
So fair thee well, my own true love
G D
When I return, united we will be
G C G
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
D G
But my darling when I think of thee