The Dubliners – The Leaving Of Liverpool (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Chords

[Verse 1]
      G                C        G
Farewell the Prince's landing stage

                       D
River Mersey fare thee well

     G             C    G
I am bound for California,

           D         G
A place I know right well
[Chorus]
     D               C        G
So fare thee well my own true love,

                                  D
And when I return, united we will be

             G                         C       G
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me

                            D        G
But my darling, it's when I think of thee
[Verse 2]
    G          C    G
I'm off to California

                          D
By way of the stormy Cape Horn

    G                 C       G
And I will send you a letter, love,

          D        G
When I am homeward bound
[Chorus]
     D               C        G
So fare thee well my own true love,

                                  D
And when I return, united we will be

             G                         C       G
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me

                            D        G
But my darling, it's when I think of thee
[Verse 3]
     G                   C       G
I've shipped on a Yankee clipper ship,

                     D
Davy Crockett is her name

    G              C          G
And Burgess is the captain of her

                          D        G
And they say that she's a floating hell
[Chorus]
     D               C        G
So fare thee well my own true love,

                                  D
And when I return, united we will be

             G                         C       G
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me

                            D        G
But my darling, it's when I think of thee
[Verse 4]
       G                   C      G
I have sailed with Burgess once before

                   D
I think I know him well

     G                       C      G
If a man's a sailor he will get along

                 D       G
If not then he's sure in hell