Bing Crosby – Far Away Places (Ukulele)

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[[This song is my dad's favorite lullaby, because my mom sang it to him when they were dating. I don't know what key it's in originally, but I worked out suitable chords for myself in key of D. I also like to play it with a 3/4 finger-picking pattern of: p-i-m-a-m-i. I love its gentle prettiness. :) ]] (v.1)

C
Far away places with strange-sounding names

C                  G7
Far away over the sea

       C                          F
Those far away places with their strange-sounding names

    C         G7     C
Are callin', callin' me.

(v.2)

C
Goin' to China, or maybe Siam

C                    G7
I want to see for myself

       C                        F
Those far away places I've been reading about

     C            G7            C
In a book that I took from the shelf.

(Bridge:)

   F                        C
I start gettin' restless whenever I hear

     G7           C
The whistle of a train.

   F                     C
I pray for the day I can get underway

    D                          G
And look for those castles in Spain.

(v.3)

      C
They call me a dreamer, well maybe I am

C                  G7
But I know that I'm yearnin' to see

       C                          F
Those far away places with their strange-sounding names

          C        G7     C
That are callin', callin' me.

(Repeat entire.)