Intro: C G7 G /A G G7  C? G7 G6 Dm6 Dm'C 3x //C/ /B /A

1.
G?                      F                 C (/C /B /A )
so now let me tell you about this girl of mine
G?                                  F       C
heart like all men?s dreams in the days of 49
F                C                     G             F
I turn hollow no me more swallow this fast only she breaks
F                       C                    G                 F
but distance keeps her miles or meters what difference does it make

2.
G?                             F            C
?cause here they come again to repossess my dreams
G?                                   F                C
child don?t play yourself things are never what they seem
F                   C               G               F
a bridge a river a pale moon sliver city shines so bright
F                 C                     G                F
but to my despair I wake up where they sleep out every night 

Refrain:

C                  G7          C
the girl I love is oh so far away
                      G7                         C
and I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day

3.
G?                           F           C
oh now the bleating sea she laps upon my door
G?                                   F             C
I?ll round a thousand horns just to drown upon her shore
F               C                G           F
blood red roses go down moses oh billowing sails
F                     C                   G                   F
those so weak-willed guts all sea-filled throw them o?er the rails

4.
G?                           F             C
boys tighten up the jib and sing a hearty song
G?                         F           C
we been driftin? driftin? for far too long
F              C                G             F
I take no care me I?m so bare-breasted on the bow
F                      C               G               F
scabbed and weathered skin of leather who?s the deader now 

Refrain:
C                  G7                C
the girl I love is oh so oh so far away
                  G7                         C
I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day
                 G7                         C
its so long lady angel I guess I?ll say goodbye
                     G7                       C
but I do believe I?m aging right before your eyes

5.
G?                          F           C
wash up on her coast not a nickel to my name
G?                       F              C
sold my sold my sold my gold watch and chain 
F                C                 G             F
enough to hire a band of lyres to march me on my way
F                          C                 G                    F
through hills and valleys sugar ditch alleys up to her hingeless gate

Refrain:
C                  G7                 C
the girl I love is oh so oh so far  away
                  G7                         C
I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day
                 G7                          C
its so long lady angel I guess I?ll say goodbye
                     G7                       C
but I do believe I?m aging right before your eyes
C                 G7                        C
cock crow in the morning heard it loud and clear
                 G7                      C
I ask her for to marry she answer with a tear
                G7                          C
boy you have my heart and I know you always will
                         G7                                C
but that ain?t enough to hold me cause love don?t pay the bills

6.
C                  F                      C
I turned away in shame for all my days in vain
                     G                                C
guess I?ll just drag on no one loves you till you?re gone
                     F                         C
let the river be my guide let the desert be my bride
                        G                      C
till my heart turns to steel till I no longer feel


Refrain:
C                G7                      C
that the girl I love is oh so oh so far away
                 G7                         C
I wonder can she hear me as I go through my day
                 G7                         C
its so long lady angel I guess I?ll say goodbye
                      G7                      C
but I do believe I?m aging right before your eyes




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