Key: Ab majorDifficulty: Advanced
Intro 1
G
G
Em
B
F
Bb
F
Csus4
C
D
D/F#
A
Bm
G
D
A
G
D
D/F#
A
Bm
G
Gmaj7
A
D
Verse 1
A
In the year of '39,
Bm
assembled here the volunteers
G
D
A
In the days when lands were few
Bm
Here the ship sailed out
G
into the blue and sunny morn
Asus4
A
D
Sweetest sight ever seen
A
And the night followed day
Bbdim7
And the story tellers say
Bm
Em
That the score brave souls inside
D
For many a lonely day
A
sailed across the milky seas
G
Bm
G
A
Ne'er looked back, never feared,
G
D
A
never cried
Chorus 1
D
Don't you hear my call
G
D
though you're many years away
D
A
Don't you hear me calling you
D
F#7/C#
Bm
Write your letters in the sand
A
G
D
Em
For the day I take your hand
D/F#
G
A
D
In the land that our grandchildren knew
Interlude 1
Bb
Bb6
Gm7
Gm7
E
E
G
C#m
G
Em
B
F
Bb
F
Csus4
C
D
Verse 2
A
In the year of '39
Bm
came a ship in from the blue
G
D
A
The volunteers came home that day
Bm
And they bring good news
G
of a world so newly born
Asus4
A
D
Though their hearts so heavily weight
A
For the earth is old and grey,
Bbdim7
little darling, we'll away
Bm
Em
But my love, this cannot be
D
Oh, so many years have gone
A
though I'm older but a year
G
Bm
G
A
Your mother's eyes, from your eyes,
G
D
A
cry to me
Chorus 2
D
Don't you hear my call
G
D
though you're many years away
D
A
Don't you hear me calling you
D
F#7/C#
Bm
Write your letters in the sand
A
G
D
Em
For the day I take your hand
D/F#
G
A
D
A
In the land that our grandchildren knew
Chorus 3
D
Don't you hear my call
G
D
though you're many years away
D
A
Don't you hear me calling you
D
F#7/C#
Bm
All your letters in the sand
A
G
D
Em
cannot heal me like your hand
Bm
For my life
A
Still ahead
Outro 1
Pity me
D
A
Bm
G
Gmaj7
A
D
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