The last farewell (midi)

C

1. There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbour,

C7 F

tomorrow for old England she sails,

Dm

far a-way from your land of endless sunshine,

F G

to my land full of rainy skies and gales.

C

And I shall be on board that ship to-morrow,

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though my heart is full of tears at this fare-well.

Dm G C Am Dm G7

For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly,

Dm G7 C

more dearly than the spoken word can tell .

Dm G C Am Dm G7

For you are beauti-ful and I have loved you dearly,

Dm G7 C

more dearly than the spoken word can tell .

C

2. I heard there's a wicked war a-blazing,

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and the taste of war I know so very well.

Dm

Even now I see that foreign flag a-raising,

F G

their guns on fire as we sailed into hell.

C

I have no fear of death, it brings no sorrow,

C7 F

but how bitter will be this last farewell.

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C

3. Though death and darkness gather all about me,

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and my ship be torn apart upon the sea.

Dm

I shall smell again the fragrance of these islands,

F G

in the heaving waves that brought me once to thee.

C

And should I return safe home again to England,

C7 F

I shall watch the English mist roll through the dale.

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(Roger Whittaker)