Gaelic Storm - The Leaving of Liverpool

      

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 Intro (twice):
 
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           D                G       D     
 Fare thee well to Prince's Landing Stage.
        D                A    
 Mersey River, fare thee well.
            D             G    D                         A        D   
 Well, I am bound for California, but I know that I'll return someday.
 
    A                  G        D    
 So fare thee well, my own true love.
      D                       A  
 When I return united we will be.
              D                         G       D                         A        D    
 It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me, but my darling when I think of thee.
 
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            D                    G       D    
 Oh, I have signed on the yankee sailin' ship.
      D               A    
 Davy Crockett is her name.
     D              G          D                              A       D     
 And Burgess is the captain of her, and they say that she's a floatin shame.
 
    A                  G        D    
 So fare thee well, my own true love.
      D                       A  
 When I return united we will be.
              D                         G       D                         A        D    
 It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me, but my darling when I think of thee.
 
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            D                        G      D                                       A    
 Oh, I have sailed with this Burgess once before, and I think that I know him quite well.
          D                       G    D                       A        D   
 For if a man is a sailor, he can get along. If not, he's in a floating Hell
 
    A                  G        D    
 So fare thee well, my own true love.
      D                       A  
 When I return united we will be.
              D                         G       D                         A        D    
 It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me, but my darling when I think of thee.
 
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     D             G       D    
 The sun is on the harbor, love.
       D                    A     
 And I wish that I could be thain.
           D                    G          D                  A     D   
 Because I know it will be some long, long time before we see you again.
 
    A                  G        D    
 So fare thee well, my own true love.
      D                       A  
 When I return united we will be.
              D                         G       D                         A        D    
 It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me, but my darling when I think of 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)
    A                  G        D    
 So fare thee well, my own true love.
      D                       A  
 When I return united we will be.
              D                         G       D                         A        D    
 It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me, but my darling when I think of thee.