Key: D major
Verse 1
Em
Fdim
D
G
D
E
Asus4
D
He stood on
Em
Fdim
D
the edge of Gothenburg,
G
D
E
suitcase in his hand
A
F#m
D
Not much in it, just some drafting tools
G
Em
D
A
and the dreams of a working man
D
Em
Fdim
Goodbye, kissed her on the cheek,
D
G
D
she watched him drift away
E
A
D
From Sweden down to Argentina,
G
E
A
and north to Frisco Bay
D
G
D
F#
This is a true story of long ago,
D
G
Asus4
D
Em
I just wanted you to know
Fdim
D
G
D
E
A
Asus4
D
Em
Fdim
D
Eventually, he made his way back
G
D
E
to the land where he came from
A
F#dim
He drew a branch on his fam ily tree
G
Em
D
A
just after World War I
Em
Fdim
D
his rafting tools
G
D
E
Again he drifted toward the dawn
A
F#dim
G
Into the arms of Provid ence
And that's where
A
D
your grandma was born
G
D
F#
This is a true story, but long ago
Bm
A
G
Asus4
D
Em
Fdim
I just wanted you to know
D
G
E
A
F#dim
G
D
A
D
Em
Fdim
D
Italians, Irish, Por tuguese,
G
D
not a word they understood
E
A
F#dim
The melting pot of America
G
E
Bm
was your grandma's neighborhood
A
D
Em
Fdim
D
The history of family fades
G
E
like the harbor lights
A
F#dim
Of Gothenburg as it drifts away
G
Em
A
so quickly out of sight
D
G
D
F#
This is a true story of long ago
Bm
A
G
Asus4
A
D
I just wanted you to know
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