Misc Traditional – Heading For Halifax (Guitar)

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[Intro] G D G C G Em D D [Verse 1]
G    D          G                  C
Late spring the leaves have turned green

            G            Em                 D            D
And there's sheep on the hill side, there's birds on the wing.

G       D            C             G
Over my shoulder the last time I'm seeing,

    D            C             G        D
The old home all weathered and grey
[Verse 2]
   G           D         G          C
We talked till three, my father and me,

        G            Em              D           D
And the fiddle tunes flowed like the clear Marga-ree,

G          D           C              G
"Never for-get who you are,son", said he.

     D           C        G        G
As I followed my brothers away.
[Chorus]
        Em          Em         Em            Em
And I'm heading for Halifax to see what's to spare,

      D           D           D               D
In the way of some work and if there's nothing there,

     Em       Em           Em             Em
It's Toronto, out west, to God only knows where,

            C           G                 D        D
But there's bound to be friends from back home.
[Verse 3]
G           D         G      C
One thing I know, wherever I go,

   G               Em             D         D
My heart's in Cape Breton it will always be so.

     G        D       C          G
When-ever the fiddler rosins the bow,

   D              C               G          G
My first and last thoughts are of home.
[Instrumental] G D G C G Em D D G D C G D C G G [Chorus]
        Em          Em         Em            Em
And I'm heading for Halifax to see what's to spare,

      D           D           D               D
In the way of some work and if there's nothing there,

     Em       Em           Em             Em
It's Toronto, out west, to God only knows where,

            C           G                 D        D
But there's bound to be friends from back home.
[Verse 3]
G           D         G      C
One thing I know, wherever I go,

   G               Em             D         D
My heart's in Cape Breton it will always be so.

     G        D       C          G
When-ever the fiddler rosins the bow,

   D              C               G          G
My first and last thoughts are of home.