Intro
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G D/F# Em Em
E ----------------------------------- |
B ------------3-----3-------0-----0-- |
G -----------0-----2-------0-----0--- |
D ----------0-----0-------2-----2---- |
A ----------------------------------- |
E 0-h2--p0-3-----2------0-----0------ |
Verse 1
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D G A7 D
Going a-way to a faraway land
G G/f# /E D
And I'm going away for a while
G A7 D Bm
I'll re-turn to you my love
E7 A74 /A7
Though I'll go ten thousand miles
Refrain 1
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G A7 D
The sun will dry the ocean
G A7 D
Heaven will cease to be
G A7 D Bm
The world will lose its motion my love
E7 A7 D
If I prove false to thee
Verse 2
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G A7 D
Who's gonna shoe your pretty little feet
G A7 D
Who's gonna glove your hand
G A7 D Bm
Who's gonna kiss your sweet ruby lips
E7 A74 /A7
While I'm in a faraway land
Verse 3
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G A7 D
Father will shoe my pretty little feet
G A7 D
And my brother will glove my hand
G A7 D Bm
And you can kiss my sweet ruby lips
E7 A74 /A7
When you return again
Refrain 2
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G A7 D
The sun will dry the ocean
G A7 D
Heaven will cease to be
G A7 D Bm
The world will lose its motion my love
E7 A7 D
If I prove false to thee
Verse 4
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G A7 D
And who's gonna brush your long yellow hair
G A7 D
Who's gonna pay your fees
G A7 D Bm
Who's gonna father those sweet little babes
E7 A74 /A7
While I?m on the raging sea
Verse 5
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G A7 D
Mother will brush my long yellow hair
G A7 D
Daddy has paid my fees
G A7 D Bm
There wont be any sweet little babes
E7 A74 /A7
While you're away from me
Refrain 3
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G A7 D
The sun will dry the ocean
G A7 D
Heaven will cease to be
G A7 D Bm
The world will lose its motion my love
E7 A7 D
If I prove false to thee
E7 A74 /A7
Yes if I prove false...
Instrumental break
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== Nb 1 bar for each chord below ==
G G A7 A7 Bm A7 G
G G G D D G A7 D
Bm E7 A7 D D
Verse 6
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D G A7 D
Night wind go tell my sailor man
G D
I'll be waiting in the day
G A7 D Bm
I long to feel his warm em-brace
E7 A7
In this cold and hardy year
Refrain 4
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G A7 D
The sun will dry the ocean
G A7 D
Heaven will cease to be
G A7 D Bm
The world will lose its motion my love
E7 A7 D
If I prove false to thee
Refrain 5
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G A7 D
The sun will dry the ocean
G A7 D
Heaven will cease to be
G A7 D Bm
The world will lose its motion my love
E7 A7 D
If I prove false to thee
E7 A7 G D/F# E7 D
If I prove false to thee
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2011