Capo 1 for original | C | C | Am | E | Bb | | D# Bb Csus4 F | G | | G D | Em C | G D | C G | | G D | Em C | Cmaj7 | D | | G | D Em In the year of thirty nine assembled here the volunteers C G D In the days when the lands were few Em C And the ship sailed out into the blue and misty morn Dsus4 D G The sweetest sign ever seen. D D#dim And the night followed day, and the story tellers say Em Am The score brave souls inside G D For so many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas G C Em C D G D Ne'er looked, never feared, never cried 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 D Em In the year of thirty nine a simple 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 D#dim Now the earth is old and grey, to a new home 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 G C Em C D G D Your mother's eyes in your eyes - cry to me 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 Write your letters in the sand G C G Am For the day I take your hand Em D G For my life, still ahead, pity me
