Sayonara Nakamura

D When the luggers all sailed away from Roebuck Bay on that fateful day A The diver on the B19 was Nakamura D Not yet twenty—one from the Land of the Rising Sun A D His homeland was the island, Okinawa. D In the deepest holes of the Lacepede sholes to fulfil the pearling master's goals A Went the diver of the B19 Young Nakamura D His quest for the lustrous pearl, as strong as his love for the beautiful girl A D He'd wed when he returned to Okinawa. D G D But it's goodbye now, farewell G D Say goodbye, to Okinawa For today, they'll bury you A in West Australia D And you will never be as one G D with the Land of the Rising Sun A D Sayonara, sayonara, Nakamura. D From the west came a tropical squall and the mercury began to fall A Forty fathoms deep was, Nakamura D Set sail: no time to stage for the storm began to rage And they dragged to the surface A D the boy from Okinawa. D The agony is in his eyes An old Malay man cries For he knows the bends A have got young, Nakamura D Helplessly they cursed As the diver's lungs near burst And he died on the deck A D the boy from Okinawa. D G D But it's goodbye now, farewell G D Say goodbye, to Okinawa For today, they'll bury you A in West Australia D And you will never be as one G D with the Land of the Rising Sun A D Sayonara, sayonara, Nakamura. D To the diver's cemetery in Broome bearing gifts, all deep in gloom They walked with the body A of the diver, Nakamura D Headstones face the West A thousand divers lie at rest and they're joined today A D by the boy from Okinawa. Chorus x 2 D G D So it's goodbye now, farewell ..... Alternative final chorus: D G D So it's goodbye now, farewell G D Say goodbye to Okinawa A Kimi ga, nemuru chi, Nishi Australia D G D Mo kailenu sokoku ni Itoshiki furusato D A D Sayonara, Sayonara, Nakamura