We parted on the shore
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1. It's years & years & years &
years & years & years & years,
D A
since
I parted from my sweetheart on the shore,
Em
I'll never will forget the sight,
she shed so many tears,
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I've never seen so many tears
before.
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She asked me if I'd think of
her and I said p'r'aps I would,
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but
I'd often broke my promises before.
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Then she stood and sat and
wept and then began to weep,
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so
when I saw that, we parted on the sho..........re.
D
G Em
And we parted on the shore, yes, we parted on
the shore,
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I said goodbye, love, I'm off to
Baltimore.
D
G Em
Then I kissed her on the ship and the crew began to roar,
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"Hee-ley ho! Hee-ley ho!" and we parted on the shore.
(Patter ....)
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+ CHORUS (2x) + Goodbye,
sweetheart, goodbye !
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Sir Harry
Lauder)