Intro C Am E Bb Eb Gm/D Cm F G
             G D Em C G D C G G D Em C Cmaj7 D G

In the D year of thirty-nine assembled Em here the volunteers
In the C days when G lands were D few
Here the Em ship sailed out into the C blue and sunny morn
The D4 sweetest D sight ever G seen

And the D night followed day, and the Ebdim story tellers say
That the Em score brave souls in-Am side
For G many a lonely day, sailed a-D cross the milky seas
C Ne’er lookedEm back, C never D feared, C never G cried D7

Don’t you G hear my call
Though you’re C many years a-G way
Don’t you hear me calling D you

Write your G letters D/F# in the Em sand
Em/D For the C day I’ll Em/B take your Am hand
In the G/B land C that our D grand-children G knew

Instr. Eb Cm A C Am E Bb Eb Gm/D Cm F G

In the D year of thirty-nine came a Em ship in from the blue
The volun-C teers came G home that D day
And they Em bring good news of a C world so newly born
Though their D4 hearts so D heavily G weigh

For the D earth is old and grey, little Ebdim darlin’ well away
But my Em love this cannot Am be
Oh so G many years have gone, though i’m D older but a year
Your C mother’s Em eyes C from your D eyes C cry to G me D7

Don’t you G hear my call
Though you’re C many years a-G way
Don’t you hear me calling D you

Write your G letters D/F# in the Em sand
Em/D For the C day I’ll Em/B take your Am hand
In the G/B land C that our D grand-children G knew D7

Don’t you G hear my call
Though you’re C many years a-G way
Don’t you hear me calling D you
All your G letters D/F# in the Em sand
Em/D Cannot C heal me Em/B like your Am hand
For my Em life’s still a-D head, pity me.

Outro G D Em C Cmaj7 D G