'39 chords by Queen (Official Version)
Intro 1
C
C
Am
E
Bb
Eb
Bb
Fsus4
F
G
G/B
D
Em
C
G
D
C
G
G/B
D
Em
C
Cmaj7
D
G
Verse 1
D
In the year of '39,
Em
assembled here the volunteers
C
G
D
In the days when lands were few
Em
Here the ship sailed out
C
into the blue and sunny morn
Dsus4
D
G
Sweetest sight ever seen
D
And the night followed day
Ebdim7
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
Ne'er looked back, never feared,
C
G
D
never cried
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Chorus 1
G
Don't you hear my call
C
G
though you're many years away
G
D
Don't you hear me calling you
G
B7/F#
Em
Write your letters in the sand
D
C
G
Am
For the day I take your hand
G/B
C
D
G
In the land that our grandchildren knew
Interlude 1
Eb
Eb6
Cm7
Cm7
A
A
C
F#m
C
Am
E
Bb
Eb
Bb
Fsus4
F
G
Verse 2
D
In the year of '39
Em
came a ship in from the blue
C
G
D
The volunteers came home that day
Em
And they bring good news
C
of a world so newly born
Dsus4
D
G
Though their hearts so heavily weight
D
For the earth is old and grey,
Ebdim7
little darling, we'll away
Em
Am
But my love, this cannot be
G
Oh, so many years have gone
D
though I'm older but a year
C
Em
C
D
Your mother's eyes, from your eyes,
C
G
D
cry to me
Chorus 2
G
Don't you hear my call
C
G
though you're many years away
G
D
Don't you hear me calling you
G
B7/F#
Em
Write your letters in the sand
D
C
G
Am
For the day I take your hand
G/B
C
D
G
D
In the land that our grandchildren knew
Chorus 3
G
Don't you hear my call
C
G
though you're many years away
G
D
Don't you hear me calling you
G
B7/F#
Em
All your letters in the sand
D
C
G
Am
cannot heal me like your hand
Em
For my life
D
Still ahead
Outro 1
Pity me
G
D
Em
C
Cmaj7
D
G
'39
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