Intro:
C : C : Cdim : C : Am : Am : E : E : Bb : Bb : Eb : Eb : G : G :
G : D : Em : C : G : D : C : G : G : D : Em : C : Cmaj7 : D : G :

       D                    Em
In the year of '39 assembled here the volunteers
       C         G          D
In the days when lands were few
         Em          G
Here the ship sailed out into the
C                    G        D         G
Blue and sunny morn, sweetest sight ever seen.

        D                          Ebdim
And the night followed day, and the storytellers say
         Em                   Am
That the score brave souls inside
    G                        D
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
             C           D            G       :D: 
Never looked back, never feared, never cried.

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

Bridge:

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

        D                Em
In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue
           C          G        D
The volunteers came home that day
            Em         G          C          
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
         G               D        G
Though their hearts so heavily weigh

          D                           Ebdim
For the earth is old and grey, little darling we'll away
         Em             Am
But my love this cannot be
         G                             D
For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
             C               D           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               D
Don't you hear me calling you
         G      Bm       Em  D6      C      Bm       Am
All the letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand
       Em7          D         G
For my life, still ahead, pity me.

Outtro:

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