The Last Farewell Uke tab by Roger Whittaker

9 Chords used in the song: G, D7, G7, C, Am, Am7, Bm, D, Em

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Year:  1994
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3.17
(Beginner)
Key: G, EmChords
G chordG                               D7 chordD7                  G chordG
There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor
G7 chordG7 C chordC
tomorrow for old England she sails
Am chordAm C chordC
far away from your land of endless sunshine
Am7 chordAm7 D7 chordD7
to my land full of rainy skies and gales
G chordG D7 chordD7 G chordG
and I shall be on aboard that ship tomorrow
G7 chordG7 C chordC
though my heart is full of tears at this farewell

Chorus:
Am chordAm Bm chordBm D chordD G chordG Em chordEm Am chordAm D7 chordD7
For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
Am7 chordAm7 D7 chordD7 G chordG
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
Am chordAm Bm chordBm D chordD G chordG Em chordEm Am chordAm D7 chordD7
for you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
Am7 chordAm7 D7 chordD7 G chordG
more dearly than the spoken word can tell

Verse#2
G chordG D7 chordD7 G chordG
I heard there's a wicked war a blazing
G7 chordG7 C chordC
and the taste of war I know so very well
Am chordAm C chordC
Even now I see that foreign flag a raising
Am7 chordAm7 D7 chordD7
their guns on fire as we sailed into hell
G chordG D7 chordD7 G chordG
I have no fear of death it brings no sorrow
G7 chordG7 C chordC
but how bitter will be this last farewell

Chorus:
Am chordAm Bm chordBm D chordD G chordG Em chordEm Am chordAm D7 chordD7
For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
Am7 chordAm7 D7 chordD7 G chordG
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
Am chordAm Bm chordBm D chordD G chordG Em chordEm Am chordAm D7 chordD7
for you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
Am7 chordAm7 D7 chordD7 G chordG
more dearly than the spoken word can tell

Verse#3:
G chordG D7 chordD7 G chordG
Though death and darkness gather all about me
G7 chordG7 G chordG
and my ship be torn apart upon the sea
Am chordAm C chordC
I shall smell again the fragrance of these islands
Am7 chordAm7 D7 chordD7
in the heaving waves that brought me once to thee
G chordG D7 chordD7 G chordG
and should I return safe home again to England
G7 chordG7 C chordC
I shall watch the English mist roll through the dale

Chorus:
Am chordAm Bm chordBm D chordD G chordG Em chordEm Am chordAm D7 chordD7
For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
Am7 chordAm7 D7 chordD7 G chordG
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
Am chordAm Bm chordBm D chordD G chordG Em chordEm Am chordAm D7 chordD7
for you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
Am7 chordAm7 D7 chordD7 G chordG
more dearly than the spoken word can tell

Uke tab by , 01 Sep 2013

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