The Leaving of Liverpool

Artist: The Dubliners (English)
User: Jay
Duration: 200 seconds
Delay: 12 seconds
Chord names: Not defined
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[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

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