Intro: C5 G5 G5 /A5 G5 G5 C? G5 G5 D5 Dm'C5 3x //C/ /B5 /A5 1. G? F5 C5 (/C5 /B5 /A5 ) so now let me tell you about this girl of mine G? F5 C5 heart like all men?s dreams in the days of 49 F5 C5 G5 F5 I turn hollow no me more swallow this fast only she breaks F5 C5 G5 F5 but distance keeps her miles or meters what difference does it make 2. G? F5 C5 ?cause here they come again to repossess my dreams G? F5 C5 child don?t play yourself things are never what they seem F5 C5 G5 F5 a bridge a river a pale moon sliver city shines so bright F5 C5 G5 F5 but to my despair I wake up where they sleep out every night Refrain: C5 G5 C5 the girl I love is oh so far away G5 C5 and I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day 3. G? F5 C5 oh now the bleating sea she laps upon my door G? F5 C5 I?ll round a thousand horns just to drown upon her shore F5 C5 G5 F5 blood red roses go down moses oh billowing sails F5 C5 G5 F5 those so weak-willed guts all sea-filled throw them o?er the rails 4. G? F5 C5 boys tighten up the jib and sing a hearty song G? F5 C5 we been driftin? driftin? for far too long F5 C5 G5 F5 I take no care me I?m so bare-breasted on the bow F5 C5 G5 F5 scabbed and weathered skin of leather who?s the deader now Refrain: C5 G5 C5 the girl I love is oh so oh so far away G5 C5 I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day G5 C5 its so long lady angel I guess I?ll say goodbye G5 C5 but I do believe I?m aging right before your eyes 5. G? F5 C5 wash up on her coast not a nickel to my name G? F5 C5 sold my sold my sold my gold watch and chain F5 C5 G5 F5 enough to hire a band of lyres to march me on my way F5 C5 G5 F5 through hills and valleys sugar ditch alleys up to her hingeless gate Refrain: C5 G5 C5 the girl I love is oh so oh so far away G5 C5 I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day G5 C5 its so long lady angel I guess I?ll say goodbye G5 C5 but I do believe I?m aging right before your eyes C5 G5 C5 cock crow in the morning heard it loud and clear G5 C5 I ask her for to marry she answer with a tear G5 C5 boy you have my heart and I know you always will G5 C5 but that ain?t enough to hold me cause love don?t pay the bills 6. C5 F5 C5 I turned away in shame for all my days in vain G5 C5 guess I?ll just drag on no one loves you till you?re gone F5 C5 let the river be my guide let the desert be my bride G5 C5 till my heart turns to steel till I no longer feel Refrain: C5 G5 C5 that the girl I love is oh so oh so far away G5 C5 I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day G5 C5 its so long lady angel I guess I?ll say goodbye G5 C5 but I do believe I?m aging right before your eyes G'-3- C' -3- Dm'-0- D5 -1- -5- -1- -0- -0- -4- -0- -1- -2- -3- -2- -0- -0- -5- -3- -3-