Intro: C C Am E Bb Eb Bb C# F G G D Em C G D C G G D Em C C D G D Em In the year of thirty nine assembled here the volunteers C G D In the days when the lands were few Em C And the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn D D G The sweetest sight ever seen. D Cdim And the night followed day, and the story tellers say Em Am The score brave souls inside G D For so many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas C Em C D C G D Ne’er looked back, never feared, never cried Chorus: G C 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 G In the land that our grandchildren knew Interlude: Eb Cm A C Gbm C Am E Bb Eb Bb C# F G D Em In the year of thirty nine came a ship came from the blue C G D The volunteers came home that day Em C And they bring good news from a world so newly born D D G Though their hearts so heavily weigh D Cdim Now the earth is old and grey, little darling we’ll away Em Am But my love this cannot be G D For so many years have gone now I’m older but a year C Em C D C G D Your mother’s eyes from your eyes - cry to me Chorus: G C 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 G In the land that our grandchildren knew G C 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
