39 Chords

Notes:
On the studio version of this song, there are two guitars.
This is an approximation for playing it on just one.
 
Notes:
I often play Amin7 rather than plain Amin.
The odd chords listed in the chorus I play:
F#/G    200033
B/G     x20033
C~      x32033
DaddG   xx0233
 
Capo: 1
 
[Intro]
x x x x Am Am Am Am
G G
 
     G       D      Em        C     G    D   C      G
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------|
 
 
     G       D      Em        C     G  D           G G G G (folk strum)
e|---3-------2------0----0----0-----3--2---------|
B|---3-------3------0----0----1-----3--3---------|
G|---0-------2------0----0----0-----0--0---------|
D|---0-----0-0------2----2----2-----0-----3-2-0--|
A|---2-2_3--------2-2--2-2--3-3-----2------------|
E|-3------------------------------3-3------------|
 
 
[Verse 1]
G (pickup chord)  D                         Em
         In the   year of '39.... Assembled here the volunteers
        C~       G          D              Em          Em7  In the
days when lands were few   Here the ship sailed out into the
C~                    D(add4) Dmaj       G
Blue and sunny morn   Sweetest sight ever seen.
 
G   D                           B7
And night followed day, and the story tellers say
         Em                   Am    (then passing notes C B A F#)
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            G
Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away,
G                         D
Don't you hear me calling you
               G      F#/G   Em    D      C    B/G        Am
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand
        Em           D             G
In the land that our grandchildren knew.
 
[Verse 2]
In the year of '39 assembled here the Volunteers
In the days when the lands were few
Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn
The sweetest sight ever seen.
 
And night followed day
And the storytellers say
That the score brave souls inside
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried.
 
[Chorus]
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
Write your letters in the sand
For the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew.
 
[Verse 3]
In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue
The Volunteers came home that day
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
Though their so heavily weigh
 
For the earth is old and grey, to a new home we'll away
But my love this cannot be
For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
Your mother's eyes in your eyes cry to me.
 
[Chorus]
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
All the letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand
 
For my life
Still ahead
Pity me.
 
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[Intro]
| C | C | Cdim | C | Am | Am | E | E | Bb | Bb | Eb | Eb | G | G |
| G | D | Em | C | G | D | C | G | G | D | Em | C | Cmaj7 | D7 | G |
 
[Verse 1]
       D7                    Em
In the year of '39 assembled here the volunteers
       C         G          D7
In the days when lands were few
         Em          G
Here the ship sailed out into the
C                    G        D7         G
Blue and sunny morn, sweetest sight ever seen.
 
        D7                          Ebdim
And the night followed day, and the storytellers say
         Em                   Am
That the score brave souls inside
    G                        D7
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
             C           D7            G       |D7|
Never looked back, never feared, never cried.
 
[Chorus]
          G                           C            G
Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away,
          G               D7
Don't you hear me calling you
            G      Bm      Em  D6      C      Bm       Am
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand
        Bm           D7            G
In the land that our grandchildren knew.
 
[Bridge]
| Eb | Eb | Cm | Cm | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 | A | A | A | A |
| C | C | Cdim | C | Am | Am | E | E | Bb | Bb | Bb | Eb | Eb | G |
 
[Verse 2]
In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue
The volunteers came home that day
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
 
For the earth is old and grey, little darling we'll away
But my love this cannot be
For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
Your mother's eyes, from your eyes cry to me.
 
[Chorus]
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
All the letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand
       Em7          D7         G
For my life, still ahead, pity me.
 
[Outro]
| G | D | Em | C | Cmaj7 | D G | G | D G |
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