Key: C major
Verse 1
C
G
C
Farewell to the mountains,
F
C
whose maizes to me
G
Am
Were more beautiful far
D
G
than Eden could be
F
C
nature had spread
G
Am
F
Her bountiful board and
C
G
C
her children were fed
Verse 2
Am
E
The hills were our garners
Am
G
our herds wildly grew
F
C
G
C
and husband, man too
Am
E
I felt like a monarch,
Am
G
yet thought like a man
C
F
As I thanked the Great Giver and
C
G
C
worshiped His plan
Am
F
C
G
Verse 3
C
The home I forsake where
F
C
my offspring grows
G
Am
The grave I forsake where
D
G
my children reborn
F
C
savage and wild
G
Am
F
C
The home I have loved as a father,
G
C
his child
Verse 4
Am
E
The corn that I planted,
Am
G
the fields that I cleared
F
C
G
C
and the cattle I reared
Am
E
Am
G
The wife of my bosom, farewell to ye all
F
C
G
I rise or I fall
Interlude 1
C
G
C
G
Em
A
D
G
C
G
D
Em
Cm
G
D
G
Verse 5
F
C
I've fought for thee well
D
G
like the demons from hell
C
F
C
In peace or in war, I have stood by thy side
G
Am
My country for thee,
F
C
G
C
I have lived, would have died
Verse 6
Am
E
Am
G
I'm a cast off, my career now is done
C
F
I must wander abroad like
C
G
C
the Prodigal Son
Am
E
Where the wild savage droves and
Am
G
the broad Prairies spread
F
C
G
will again go ahead
Outro 1
C
C
C
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