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Leaving the dales chords by
Mr Fox
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Key: F major
Verse 1
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Farewell to the fields where
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my father once walked
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The high moorland hills and
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F#m
F#m
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the valleys be low
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For want of employment I'm
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forced now to leave you
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But I won't forget you wherever I go
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It's up where the river
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wipes high on the fell
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It's the mine where my grandad
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went digging for lead
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I'd burn the tops, lay empty, the big rumps are rotting,
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the ore is all spent, and the miners all dead.
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My mother remembers the old village dances,
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when my uncle got out,
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F#m
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He squeezed box to play and the people
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would walk for miles in the darkness
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And dance through the night
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till the break of the day
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The last of our fiddlers was
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Billy of
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Spence
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On the day that he died his young
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F#m
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nephew came round
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He took all the china and
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Billy's old fiddle
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An d sent them away to
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be sold in the town
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There's naught but a heap
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of half -finished stones
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In the yard where the mason
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made granite chips fly
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He's caught his last stew
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and his hammer is idle
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He's wrapped up his chisels
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and laid them all by
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I'm leaving today,
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there's nothing to keep me.
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The doors they are bolted,
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the windows are nailed.
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I'm leaving a land that has nothing to offer.
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A land of a people who
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struggled and failed
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Your children have taken
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the road to the city
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And strangers have come now
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F#m
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with eyes open wide
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Oh, will you remember the
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life that we gave you
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When the last true -born
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Dalesman has died?

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Chords
  • D

  • A

  • G

  • F#m

    2
  • E

  • Bm

    2

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Leaving the dales by Mr fox is F major.

The primary chords used in Leaving the dales are F, C, Bb, Am, G, Dm.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like F, C, Bb, Am, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Leaving the dales is approximately 100 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of Leaving the dales using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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