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[Verses]
D Em
In the year of thirty-nine assembled here the volunteers
C G D
In the days when the lands were few
Em Em7 C
And the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn
Dsus4 D G
The sweetest sight ever seen.
D B7
And the night followed day, and the storytellers say
Em Em/F# Em/G Am Am Asus2 Am
The score brave souls inside
G D
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
C Em C D C G D
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried
G C G
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
G C G D
Don't you hear me calling you
G B7 Em
Write your letters in the sand
Em7 C G/B Am
For the day I take your hand
G/B G/C D G
In the land that our grandchildren knew
D Em
In the year of thirty-nine came a ship in from the blue
C G D
The volunteers came home that day
Em Em7 C
And they bring good news from a world so newly born
Dsus4 D G
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
D B7
For the earth is old and grey, little darling we'll away
Em Em/F# Em/G Am Am Asus2 Am
But my love this cannot be
G D
For so many years have gone but I'm older but a year
C Em C D C G D
Your mother's eyes from your eyes - cry to me
G C G
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
G C G D
Don't you hear me calling you
G B7 Em
Write your letters in the sand
Em7 C G/B Am
For the day I take your hand
G/B G/C 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 C G D
Don't you hear me calling you
G B7 Em
All your letters in the sand
Em7 C G/B Am
Can not heal me like your your hand
Em7 D G
For my life, still ahead, pity me
