Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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on the ferry boat deck 5 miles out of Calais
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watching the waves and the spray
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Em
Ten years have gone by like the roll of
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Now all I want is dry land and a home in a
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country that I've rarely seen
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Em
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Home, hurry home
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To valleys green
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And cliffs so tall and so white
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Em
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Home, hurry home
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I can see the lights of Dover through
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D
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the night
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Teachers of England instructed me well,
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C
strength comes from iron and fire
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Freedom was won from the barrel of a gun,
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law comes from palace and spire
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Em
I carried the wealth of this land 'cross the sea
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Grew slack
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Now many Jack Tar is washed up in a bar and many ships will never come back
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there's a gang of fifteen talking of flags and of
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Blood
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Drunken with fighting the face of John Bull stands for violence,
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Bm
Did I dream of a homeland so
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C
distantly remembered
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Bm
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D
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Of warmth, work, welfare, peace for
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all?
Outro 1
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Bm
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Em
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