The Longest Johns – Leaving Of Liverpool (Guitar)

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[Chorus]
   G                  F        C
So fare thee well, my own true love

                              G
When I return, united we will be

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

                       G        C
But my darling, when I think of thee
C F C G C [Verse 1]
C                          F       C
Fare thee well to Princess Landing Stage

                        G
River Mersey, fare thee well

     C              F   C
I am bound for California

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

                              G
When I return, united we will be

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

                       G        C
But my darling, when I think of thee
[Verse 2]
C                    F    C
Oh, I'm bound to California

                      G
By way of stormy Cape Horn

          C             F       C
And I'll write to you a letter, love

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

                              G
When I return, united we will be

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

                       G        Am
But my darling, when I think of thee
G F C G C [Verse 3]
     C                 F       C
I am bound on a Yankee clipper ship

                     G
Davy Crockett is her name

        C                 F     C
And the captain's name is Burgess

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

                              G
When I return, united we will be

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

                       G        C
But my darling, when I think of thee
[Verse 4]
       C             F         C
So farewell to Lower Frederick Street

                        G
Anson Terrace, and Park Lane

  C                  F          C
I think it will be a long, long time

  C          G    C
Before I see you again
[Chorus]
   G                  F        C
So fare thee well, my own true love

                              G
When I return, united we will be

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

                       G        C
But my darling, when I think of thee
[Instrumental] C F C C G C F C C G C [Chorus]
   G                  F        C
So fare thee well, my own true love

                              G
When I return, united we will be

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

                       G        Am  G F C
But my darling, when I think of thee

       C               G        C
But my darling, when I think of thee