39 Chords

[Intro Vocal]
Db      Bbmin  F
Aaah... Aaaaaah...
 
[Guitar Intro 1]
B   E/B B F#/G#  Ab/C
 
[Guitar Intro 2]
Ab Eb Fm Db Ab Eb Db Ab
Ab Eb Fm Db Fm Eb Ab
 
[Verse 1]
       Eb                    Fm
In the year of '39 assembled here the Volunteers
       Db        Ab         Eb
In the days when lands were few
         Fm                       Db
Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn
Ab       Eb    Eb7  Ab
Sweetest sight ever seen
        Eb                         Edim7
And the night followed day and the story tellers say
         Fm                    Bbm
That the score brave souls inside
    Ab                          Eb
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
Db           Fm    Fm    Eb      Eb7   Ab    Eb
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried
 
 
[Chorus]
Eb        Ab                         Db         Ab
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away?
          Ab              Eb
Don't you hear me calling you?
           Ab      C      Fm   Cm      Db              Bbm
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand
       Ab            Eb   Eb7      Ab
In the land that our grandchildren knew
 
[Bridge]
E         Dbm7       Bb              Db       Dbm  Db
          Aaah...    Aaaah...        Aaaaaaaaaaaah...
Db    F              B       E/B  B  F#/G#    Ab/C
Aaaaaaah...
 
[Verse 2]
       Eb                 Fm
In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue
          Db        Ab           Eb
The volunteers came home that day
         Fm                      Db
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
             Ab        Eb  Eb7    Ab
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
          Eb                             Edim7
For the Earth is old and grey, little darlin', we'll away
       Fm                 Bbm
But my love, this cannot be
       Ab                             Eb
For so many years are gone though I'm older but a year
     Db       Fm   Fm        Eb   Eb7    Ab   Eb
Your mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me
 
 
[Chorus]
Eb        Ab                         Db          Ab
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away?
          Ab              Eb
Don't you hear me calling you?
           Ab      C      Fm   Cm      Db              Bbm
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand
       Ab            Eb   Eb7      Ab     Eb
In the land that our grandchildren knew
 
 
[Outro]
Eb        Ab                         Db          Ab
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away?
          Ab              Eb
Don't you hear me calling you?
         Ab      C      Fm   Cm     Db                Bbm
All your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand
       Ab            Eb   N.C.
For my life, still ahead, pity me
 
[Guitar Outro]
Ab Eb Fm Db Ab Eb Ab
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