'39 Uke tab by Queen

18 Chords used in the song: C, Cdim, Am, E, Bb, Eb, G, D, Em, Cmaj7, D7, Bm, D6, Cm, C7, A, A7, Em7

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Year:  1975
Difficulty: 
3.56
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
Intro:
C C|C C|Cdim Cdim|C C|Am Am|Am Am|E E|E E|Bb Bb|Bb Bb|Eb Eb|Eb Eb|G G|G G|G G|D D|Em Em|C C|G G|D D|C C|G G|G G|D D|Em Em|C C|Cmaj7 Cmaj7|D7 D7|G G

D7 D7 Em Em
In the year of '39 assembled here the volunteers
C C G G D7 D7
In the days when the lands were few
Em Em G G C C
Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn
G G D7 D7 G G
The sweetest sight ever seen
D7 D7
And the night followed day
Cdim Cdim
And the story tellers say
Em Em Am Am
That the score brave souls inside
G G D7 D7
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
C C D7 D7 G G D7 D7
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried

G G C C G G
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
G G D7 D7
Don't you hear me calling you
G G Bm Bm Em Em D6 D6 C C Bm Bm Am Am
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand
Bm Bm D7 D7 G G
In the land that our grandchildren knew

Bridge:
Eb Eb|Eb Eb|Cm Cm|Cm Cm|C7 C7|C7 C7|C7 C7|C7 C7|A A|A A|A A|A A|C C|C C|Cdim Cdim|C C|Am Am|Am Am|E E|E E|Bb Bb|Bb Bb|Bb Bb|Eb Eb|Eb Eb|G G

D7 D7 Em Em
In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue
C C G G D7 D7
The volunteers came home that day
Em Em G G C C
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
G G D7 D7 G G
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
D7 D7 Cdim Cdim
For the Earth is old and grey, little darlin' we'll away
Em Em Am Am
But my love this cannot be
G G D7 D7
For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
C C D7 D7 G G D7 D7
Your mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me

G G C C G G
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
G G D7 D7
Don't you hear me calling you
G G Bm Bm Em Em D6 D6 C C Bm Bm Am Am
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand
Bm Bm D7 D7 G G
In the land that our grandchildren knew [Downward stroke G G 4x]
G G C C G G
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
G G D7 D7
Don't you hear me calling you
G G Bm Bm Em Em D6 D6 C C Bm Bm A7 A7
All your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand
Em7 Em7
For my life
D7 D7
Still ahead
G G
Pity me

Outro:
G G|D D|Em Em|C C|Cmaj7 Cmaj7|D D|G G|G G|D D|G G

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About this song: '39

'39 is a song by English guitarist Brian May and first recorded by his band Queen for their 1975 album A Night at the Opera. May sings lead vocals on its skiffle-like arrangement, featuring three- and four-part harmony vocals — including passages of falsetto during the middle bridge section, which culminate in a high-A note sung by Roger Taylor (May commented in 2005 that Taylor actually refused to sing the note he wanted, so he got him to sing a lower note then used varispeed to up the pitch). Read more on Last.fm.

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