39 - Ver 2

G/B D Em C G D C G G/B D Em C Cmaj7 D G D Em In the year of '39, Assembled here the volunteers, in the C G D Em Em7 days when lands were few and the ship sailed out into the C Dsus4 D G Blue and sunny morn the Sweetest sight ever seen. D B7 And the night followed day, and the story tellers say Em Em/F# Em/G Am Am Asus2 Am *Em bass notes slide up the 4th string That the score brave souls inside G D For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas C Em C D C G D Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried. G C G Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away, G C G D Don't you hear me calling you G B7 Em Em7 C G/B Am Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand G/B G/C* D (/E/F#** G *5th str 2h3 for the bass **D notes on the 4 string In the land that our grandchildren knew. D Em In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue C G D The Volunteers came home that day Em Em7 C And they bring good news of a world so newly born Dsus4 D G Though their hearts so heavily weigh D B7 For the earth is old and grey, little darling we'll away Em Em/F# Em/G Am Am Asus2 Am *Em bass notes slide up the 4th string But my love this cannot be G D So many years have gone though I'm older but a year C Em C D C 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 C G D Don't you hear me calling you G B7 Em Em7 C G/B Am Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand G/B G/C* D (/E/F#** G *5th str 2h3 for the bass **D notes on the 4 string In the land that our grandchildren knew. G C G Don't you hear my call though you're many years away, G C G D Don't you hear me calling you G B7 Em Em7 C G/B Am All your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand Am Em For my life D Still ahead G Pity me. G/B D Em C Cmaj7 D G