Key: C major
Verse 1
G
Em
On a bright summer's morn
F
Fm
G
when the waves was rippling
in a soft and sighing breeze,
C
F
a ship set sail with a precious burden
G
C
to a port beyond the seas.
G
Em
They're beyond the farewells
Fm
F
C
and the loving gestures,
G
Ab
G
and their hearts are left to burn.
C
G
Fm
That never returned, that nev er returned,
C
Am
They sailed away with a
F
Fm
smile and a blessing
D
C
on the ship that never re turned.
G
Fm
For said the pale -faced boy
F
C
to his loving mother,
Fm
G
For it tells me that in a foreign country
G
E
So he kissed his mother
Fm
Ab
G
The lad for whom art
always yearned,
F
Fm
his mother's blessing
G
C
On a ship that never re turned.
E
Fm
F
that never returned,
C
G
F
He sailed away with his mother's
Fm
G
C
Blessing on the ship that never returned.
G
C
G
as he kissed his fond young wife.
C
F
Only one more bag of the golden
treasure
C
Fm
G
C
and we'll settle down for life.
G
F
We will leave this place for a little cottage
earned.
and waiting for the ship that
G
C
never re turned.
Fm
F
that never re turned,
G
G
And its fate is still unlearned.
And from that day to this she's been watching,
C
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