[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
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In the days when lands were few
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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
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That the score brave souls inside
G D
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
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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
GB7 Em C G Am
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand
G/B DG
In the land that our grandchildren knew
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( Gm C# Bbm F )
( B E B/Eb )
( C#m7 F# Ab )
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In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue
C# Ab Eb
The volunteers came home that day
Fm C#
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
Eb4 Eb Ab
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
Eb E°
For the earth is old and grey, little darling we'll away
Fm Bbm
But my love this cannot be
Ab Eb
For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
C# AbFm Eb/G C#AbEb
Your mother's eyes, from your eyes cry to me
Ab C# Ab
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Ab Eb
Don't you hear me calling you
AbC7Fm Fm/Eb C# Ab/CBbm
Write your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand
Cm EbAb
In the land that our grandchildren knew
Ab C# Ab
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Ab Eb
Don't you hear me calling you
AbEb/G Fm Fm/Eb C# Ab/CBbm
All your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand
Fm Eb
For my life, still ahead, pity me
[Final] Ab Eb Fm C# C#7M
Eb Eb4 Eb Ab
