[Intro] C Am E Bb
Eb Ab C F
G G/B Em C
G D C G
G/B D Em
C D G
[Primeira Parte]
D Em
In the year of '39 assembled here the volunteers
C G D
In the days when lands were few
Em
Here the ship sailed out into the
C D G
Blue and sunny morn, sweetest sight ever seen
D B7
And the night followed day, and the storytellers say
Em Am
That the score brave souls inside
G D
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
C Em C D C G D
Never looked back, never feared, never cried
G C G
Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away
D
Don't you hear me calling you
G B7 Em C G Am
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand
G/B D G
In the land that our grandchildren knew
( E C#m Bb C# )
( Gm C# Bbm F )
( B E B/Eb )
( C#m7 F# Ab )
D Em
In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue
C G D
The volunteers came home that day
Em C
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
D4 D G
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
D Eb°
For the earth is old and grey, little darling, we'll away
Em Am
But my love this cannot be
G D
For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
C Em C D C G D
Your mother's eyes from your eyes - cry to me
[Refrão]
G C G
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 D
In the land that our grandchildren knew
G C G
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
G D
Don't you hear me calling you
G B7 Em
All your letters in the sand
G C G Am
Cannot heal me like your hand
Em D G
For my life, still ahead, pity me
Final
| G D | Em C | C7M D | G
