Last Farewell

[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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