39 Chords

Words and music by Brian May
 
 
[Intro]
 
"chords played on acoustic"
 
| C   | C    | Am  | E | Bb | - | Eb Bb Csus4 F | G |
 
"electric guitar"
 
e|---17--|---19---|--------------------------------------------|
B|-------|--------|---17---16---14-----------------------------|
G|-------|--------|------------------16---15---15--------------|
D|-------|--------|--------------------------------------------|
A|-------|--------|--------------------------------------------|
E|-------|--------|--------------------------------------------|
 
"12 String" part
 
| G D | Em C | G D | C G | G D | Em C | Cmaj7 | D | G |
 
"12 string" part (tabbed)
 
e|---3-------2------0----0----0-----3----2---0------3------|
B|---3-------3------0----0----1-----3----3---1------3------|
G|---0-------2------0----0----0-----0----2---0------0------|
D|---0-----0-0------2----2----2-----0--0-0---2-0-2--0------|
A|---2-2-3--------2-2--2-2--3-3-----2--------3------2------|
E|-3------------------------------3-3---------------3------|
 
e|---3-------2------0----0----0--0--3-3---3---------|
B|---3-------3------0----0----1--0--2-2---3---------|
G|---0-------2------0----0----0--0--3-0-------------|
D|---0-----0-0------2----2----2--2------------------|
A|---2-2-3--------2-2--2-2--3-3--3--------2---------|
E|-3--------------------------------------3---------|
 
 
[Verse]
 
        D                             Em
In the year of thirty nine assembled here the volunteers
        C         G          D
In the days when lands were few
          Em                       C
Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn
     Dsus4    D          G
The sweetest sight ever seen.
 
         D                           Ebdim
And the night followed day, and the story tellers say
          Em                  Am
That the score brave souls inside
     G                         D
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
 C            Em    C     D      C      G      D
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried
 
 
[Chorus]
 
           G                          C
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
           G              D
Don't you hear me calling you
            G      B7      Em
Write your letters in the sand
 G       C     G         Am
For the day I take your hand
        G          D                G
In the land that our grandchildren knew
 
 
[Bridge]
 
"chords played on acoustic"
 
Eb Cm A C Gbm C Am E Bb Eb Bb Csus4 F G
 
"electric guitar"
 
e|---9------|---10/13---|---15---13---13---13---15---13---17------|---19------------------------------------|
B|----------|-----------|-----------------------------------------|--------17---16---14---------------------|
G|----------|-----------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------16---15---15------|
D|----------|-----------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A|----------|-----------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E|----------|-----------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 
 
[Verse]
 
        D                          Em
In the year of thirty nine came a ship came from the blue
        C             G         D
The volunteers came home that day
         Em                       C
And they bring good news from a world so newly born
           Dsus4        D        G
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
 
          D                           Ebdim
Now the earth is old and grey, little darling we'll away
        Em              Am
But my love this cannot be
        G                            D
For so many years have gone now I'm older but a year
      C      Em     C    D          C       G      D
Your mother's eyes from your eyes - cry to me
 
 
[Chorus]
 
           G                          C
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
           G              D
Don't you hear me calling you
            G      B7      Em
Write your letters in the sand
 G       C     G         Am
For the day I take your hand
        G          D                G
In the land that our grandchildren knew
 
           G                          C
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
           G              D
Don't you hear me calling you
            G      B7      Em
All your letters in the sand
 G       C        G            Am
Can not heal me like your your hand
        Em          D           G
For my life, still ahead, pity me
 
 
"outro guitar"
 
e|---3-------2------0----0----0--0--3-3---3---------|
B|---3-------3------0----0----1--0--2-2---3---------|
G|---0-------2------0----0----0--0--3-0-------------|
D|---0-----0-0------2----2----2--2------------------|
A|---2-2-3--------2-2--2-2--3-3--3--------2---------|
E|-3--------------------------------------3---------|
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