39

	 
[Intro]
| C   | C    | Am    | E   | Bb  |
| Eb Bb Csus4 F | G  |
| G D | Em C | G D   | C G |
| G D | Em C | Cmaj7 | D   |
| G   |
[Strophe]
        D                     Em 
In the year of '39 assembled here the
 volunteers 
In the year of '39 assembled here the volunteers 
        C              G         D 
In the days when the lands were few 
          Em                     
Here the ship sailed out into the
  C 
 blue and sunny morn 
Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn 
     Dsus4    D         G 
The sweetest sight ever seen.  
          D                        
And the night followed day, and the
   Ebdim 
 story tellers say 
And the night followed day, and the story tellers say 
           Em                Am 
That the score brave souls inside 
   G                            D 
For many a lonely day sailed across
 the milky seas 
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas 
 C            Em     C    D     
Ne'er looked back, never feared,
 C       G      D 
 never cried
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried
[Refrain]
           G                        
Don't you hear my call though you're
  C 
 many years away 
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away 
           G              D 
Don't you hear me calling you 
            G      B7      Em 
Write your letters in the sand 
 G       C     G         Am 
For the day I take your hand 
        G          D              
In the land that our grandchildren
  G 
 knew
In the land that our grandchildren knew
[Pont]
| Eb  | Cm  | A   | C   | Gbm |
| C   | Am  | E   | Bb  |
| Eb Bb Csus4 F | G |
[Strophe]
        D                  Em 
In the year of '39 came a ship in
 from the blue 
In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue 
        C             G         D 
The volunteers came home that day 
         Em                     C 
And they bring good news of a world
 so newly born 
And they bring good news of a world so newly born 
           Dsus4        D        G 
Though their hearts so heavily weigh 
 
Though their hearts so heavily weigh  
          D                          
For the earth is old and grey, little
 Ebdim 
 darling, we'll away 
For the earth is old and grey, little darling, we'll away 
        Em              Am 
But my love this cannot be 
        G                         
For so many years have gone though
      D 
 I'm older but a year 
For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year 
      C      Em     C    D         
Your mother's eyes from your eyes -
 C       G      D 
 cry to me
Your mother's eyes from your eyes - cry to me
[Refrain]
           G                        
Don't you hear my call though you're
  C 
 many years away 
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away 
           G              D 
Don't you hear me calling you 
            G      B7      Em 
Write your letters in the sand 
 G       C     G         Am 
For the day I take your hand 
        G          D              
In the land that our grandchildren
  G 
 knew
In the land that our grandchildren knew
[Outro]
           G                        
Don't you hear my call though you're
  C 
 many years away 
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away 
           G              D 
Don't you hear me calling you 
            G      B7      Em 
All your letters in the sand 
 G       C        G            Am 
Can not heal me like your your hand 
        Em          D           G 
For my life, still ahead, pity me  
  G D   Em C   Cmaj7   D     G