Transcribed by danielson2662@hotmail.com Capo on 1 When going from G5 to Em use a passing chord = E5 (fret 3) E5 then E5 G5 A Telegram arrived today, E5 well its time to catch the Monteray C5 Cause the man I wed he waits for me E5 D5 and a daughter that he's yet to see G5 US Navy beamed its message, E5 will deliver brides on a one way passage C5 it made big news across the nation E5 the bridal train leaves from Perth Station C5 D5 All the girls around Australia G5 E5 Married to a Yankee Sailor C5 The fare is paid across the sea D5 G5 to the home of the brave and the land of the free C5 D5 From west to east the young girls came G5 E5 all aboard the bridal train C5 it was a farewell crossing over land D5 G5 she's gone to meet her sailor man G5 No time for sad goodbyes, E5 well she held her mother as she cried C5 and then waited there in the Freo Rain, E5 D5 to climb aboard the bridal train G5 well she was holding her future in her hand E5 yeah the faded photo of her man C5 catch a sailor if you can E5 D5 the war bride leaves a southern land All the girls around Australia Married to a Yankee Sailor The fare is paid across the sea to the home of the brave and the land of the free From west to east the young girls came all aboard the bridal train it was a farewell crossing over land she's gone to meet her sailor man Instrumental G5 Now this is the story of those starry nights E5 through desert plains and city lights C5 through burning sun and driving rain E5 D5 they wept aboard the bridal train All the girls around Australia Married to a Yankee Sailor The fare is paid across the sea to the home of the brave and the land of the free From west to east the young girls came all aboard the bridal train it was a farewell crossing over land G5 she's gone to meet her sailor man