'39 Tab by Queen
Capo: No capo
Intro 1
C
C
Am
E
E|-16-------------------------------|
B|-(17)-----------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
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Bb
Eb
Bb
Fsus4
F
E|-18-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-(18)-----------------------------|-16------15-----------------------|
G|----------------------------------|---------------17----15--14-------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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G
E|-(13)-----------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-14-------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
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G/B
D
Em
C
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|-----------------0------0h-2------|
D|-----------------0----------------|-2------2h-4----------------------|
A|-2------2h-3----------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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G
D
C
G
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-0--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------0h-2--------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------0----------------|--------0h-2----------------------|
A|----------------------------------|-3--------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|-----------------3----------------|
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G/B
D
Em
C
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|-----------------0----------------|
D|-----------------0----------------|-2------2h-4----------------------|
A|-2------2h-3----------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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Cmaj7
D
G
In the year
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-0-------0------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|-0-------0-------2-------0--------|-0--------------------------------|
D|-----------------0-----------4----|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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Verse 1
D
of '39,
Em
assembled here the volunteers
C
G
D
In the days when lands were few
Em
Here the ship sailed out
C
into the blue and sunny morn
Dsus4
D
G
Sweetest sight ever seen
D
And the night followed day
Ebdim7
And the story tellers say
Em
Am
That the score brave souls inside
G
For many a lonely day
D
sailed across the milky seas
C
Em
C
D
Ne'er looked back, never feared,
C
G
D
never cried

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Chorus 1
G
Don't you hear my call
C
G
though you're many years away
G
D
Don't you hear me calling you
G
B7/F#
Em
Write your letters in the sand
D
C
G
Am
For the day I take your hand
G/B
C
D
G
In the land that our grandchildren knew
Interlude 1
Eb
Eb6
Cm7
Cm7
A
A
E|-(9)------------------------------|-------------------------9--------|
B|-(10)-----------------------------|-------------------------(10)-----|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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C
F#m
C
E|-12--------------11------12-------|-14--------------12---------------|
B|-(13)-----------------------------|-(14)------------(13)-------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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Am
E
E|-12--------------14--------12--14-|-16-------------------------------|
B|-(13)-----------------------------|-(17)-----------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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Bb
Eb
Bb
Fsus4
F
E|-18-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-(18)-----------------------------|-16------15-----------------------|
G|----------------------------------|---------------17----15--14-------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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G
In the year
E|-(13)-----------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-14-------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
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Verse 2
D
of '39
Em
came a ship in from the blue
C
G
D
The volunteers came home that day
Em
And they bring good news
C
of a world so newly born
Dsus4
D
G
Though their hearts so heavily weight
D
For the earth is old and grey,
Ebdim7
little darling, we'll away
Em
Am
But my love, this cannot be
G
Oh, so many years have gone
D
though I'm older but a year
C
Em
C
D
Your mother's eyes, from your eyes,
C
G
D
cry to me
Chorus 2
G
Don't you hear my call
C
G
though you're many years away
G
D
Don't you hear me calling you
G
B7/F#
Em
Write your letters in the sand
D
C
G
Am
For the day I take your hand
G/B
C
D
G
D
In the land that our grandchildren knew
Chorus 3
G
Don't you hear my call
C
G
though you're many years away
G
D
Don't you hear me calling you
G
B7/F#
Em
All your letters in the sand
D
C
G
Am
cannot heal me like your hand
Em
For my life
D
Still ahead
Pity me
Outro 1
G
D
Em
C
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|-----------------0----------------|
D|-----------------0----------------|-2------2h-4----------------------|
A|-2------2h-3----------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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Cmaj7
D
G
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-0-------0------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|-0-------0-------2-------0--------|-0--------------------------------|
D|-----------------0-----------4----|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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