Chord/Tab song: The Leaving of Liverpool

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Intro (twice):

[D] [D] [G] [D] [D] [D] [A][A]
[D] [D] [G] [D] [D] [A] [D][D]
Fare thee [D]well to Prince's [G]Landing [D]Stage.
Mersey [D]River, fare thee [A]well.
Well, I am [D]bound for Cali[G]forni[D]a, but I know that I'll re[A]turn some[D]day.

So [A]fare thee well, my [G]own true [D]love.
When [D]I return united we will [A]be.
It's not the [D]leaving of Liverpool that [G]grieves [D]me, but my darling when I [A]think of [D]thee.

[D] [D] [G] [D] [D] [D] [A][A]
[D] [D] [G] [D] [D] [A] [D][D]

Oh, I have [D]signed on the yankee [G]sailin' [D]ship.
Davy [D]Crockett is her [A]name.
And [D]Burgess is the [G]captain of [D]her, and they say that she's a [A]floatin [D]shame.

So [A]fare thee well, my [G]own true [D]love.
When [D]I return united we will [A]be.
It's not the [D]leaving of Liverpool that [G]grieves [D]me, but my darling when I [A]think of [D]thee.

[D] [D] [G] [D] [D] [D] [A][A]
[D] [D] [G] [D] [D] [A] [D][D]

Oh, I have [D]sailed with this Burgess [G]once be[D]fore, and I think that I know him quite [A]well.
For if a [D]man is a sailor, he can [G]get a[D]long. If not, he's in a [A]floating [D]Hell

So [A]fare thee well, my [G]own true [D]love.
When [D]I return united we will [A]be.
It's not the [D]leaving of Liverpool that [G]grieves [D]me, but my darling when I [A]think of [D]thee.

[D] [D] [G] [D] [D] [D] [A][A]
[D] [D] [G] [D] [D] [A] [D][D]

The [D]sun is on the [G]harbor, [D]love.
And I [D]wish that I could be [A]thain.
Because I [D]know it will be some [G]long, long [D]time before we see [A]you ag[D]ain.

So [A]fare thee well, my [G]own true [D]love.
When [D]I return united we will [A]be.
It's not the [D]leaving of Liverpool that [G]grieves [D]me, but my darling when I [A]think of [D]thee.

(music stops)
So fare thee well, my own true love.
When I return united we will be.
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me, but my darling when I think of thee.

(music back in)
So [A]fare thee well, my [G]own true [D]love.
When [D]I return united we will [A]be.
It's not the [D]leaving of Liverpool that [G]grieves [D]me, but my darling when I [A]think of [D]thee.