THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL

 

          C                F         C

FARE-THEE WELL TO PRIN-CES LAND- ING STAGE

      C          Am            G7         

RIVER MERSEY     FARE__ THEE_  WELL

     C              F      C

I AM BOUND FOR CALI-FOR-NI-AY

          G7         C

A PLACE I KNOW RIGHT WELL

 

   G7               F         C

SO_FARE THE WELL MY OWN TRUE LOVE

     Am           Em               F - G

WHEN I RETURN U – NI - TED WE WILL BE____

             C           C

IT'S NOT THE LEA-VING OF LIVERPOOL

     F       C             C              G7       C

THAT GRIEVES ME,___ BUT MY DARLING WHEN I THINK OF THEE

 

 

       C                   F        C

I HAVE SHIPPED ON A YANKEE SAIL-ING SHIP

              Am       G7

DAVY CROCKETT IS__ HER NAME;

    C                     F       C

AND BUR-GESS IS THE CAP - TAIN OF HER

                          G7          C

AND THEY SAY THAT SHE'S A FLOAT - ING SHAME.

 

       C             F        C

OH THE SUN IS ON THE HAR-BOUR LOVE,

             Am         G7

AND I WISH I COULD RE - MAIN

      C                 F          C

FOR I KNOW IT WILL BE A LONG, LONG TIME

             G7      C

BEFORE I SEE YOU A - GAIN