[Verse 1] - - - - - N.C. There's a [D] ship lies rigged and ready in the harbour. Tomorrow for ol' England will she [G] sail. [Em] Far away from your land of endless sunshine, to my land full of rainy skies and [A] gales. - - - - - And [D] I shall be on board that ship tomorrow. Though my heart is full of tears at this [G] farewell
[CHORUS] - - - - - [Em] For [A] you are [D] beauti- [Bm] -ful and [Em] I have loved you [A] dearly; more [Em] dearly than the [A] spoken word can [D] tell. [Em] For [A] you are [D] beauti- [Bm] -ful and [Em] I have loved you [A] dearly; more [Em] dearly than the [A] spoken word can [D] tell. [Em]
[Verse 2] - - - - - I [D] heard there's a wicked war a-blazing, and the taste of war I know so [G] well. [Em] Even now I see that foreign flag a-raising, their guns on fire as we sailed into [A] hell. - - - - - I [D] have no fear of death it brings no sorrow, but how bitter will be this last fare- [G] -well
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[Verse 3] - - - - - Though [D] death and darkness gather all about me, and my ship be torn apart upon the [G] sea. I shall [Em] smell again the fragrance of these islands, in the heaving waves that brought me once [A] to thee. And [D] should I return safe home again to England. I shall watch the English mist roll through the [G] dale
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