’39 (video) (intro) (midi)

… G - D - Em - C - G - D - C - G (2x)

D Em

1. In the year of thirty-nine assembled here the volunteers

C G D

in the days when lands were few.

Em D C

Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny mornin',

G D G

the sweetest sight ever seen.

D B7

And the night followed day and the story tellers say

Em A

that the score brave souls inside

G D

for many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas

Em D G - D

never looked back never feared never cried.

G C G

Don’t you hear my call though you're many years away,

D

don’t you hear me calling you ?

G D Em D C G Am

Write your letters in the sand for the day I’ll take your hand

G D G

in the land that our grand-children knew.

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D Em

2. In the year of thirty-nine came a ship in from the blue

C G D

the volunteers came home that day,

Em C

and they bring good news of a world so newly born,

G D G

though their hearts so heavily weigh.

D B7

For the earth is old and grey, little darlin' well away,

Em A

but my love this cannot be,

G D

oh, so many years have gone though I'm older than a year,

Em D G - D

your mother’s eyes from your eyes cry to me.

G C G

Don’t you hear my call though you're many years away,

D

don’t you hear me calling you ?

G D Em D C G Am

Write your letters in the sand for the day I’ll take your hand

G D G - D

in the land that our grand-children knew.

G C G

Don’t you hear my call though you're many years away,

D

don’t you hear me calling you ?

G D Em D C G Am

All your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand,

Em D - - - - -

for my life still ahead pity me.

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(orig. = capo 1st) (Queen)