The Last Farewell
Roger Whittaker
Capo 1st Fret

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D                                A            Dx2                                  Gx2
__There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor, tomorrow for old England she sails
                                   Emx2                                 A
Far away from your land of endless sunshine, to my land full of rainy skies and gales
      D        A                Dx2                                                G
And I shall be aboard that ship tomorrow, though my heart is full of tears at this farewell


[Chorus]
Em      A       D     Bm   G                   A            G               A                   Dx2
____For you are beautiful, __ I have loved you dearly, more dearly than the spoken word can tell
Em      A       D     Bm   G                   A            G               A                   Dx3
____For you are beautiful, __ I have loved you dearly, more dearly than the spoken word can tell


     D               A            Dx2                                          Gx2
I've heard there's a wicked war a-blazing, And the taste of war I know so very well
                                  Emx2                                        A
Even now I see the foreign flag a-raising, Their guns on fire as we sail into hell
  D               A                   Dx2                                      G
I have no fear of death, it brings no sorrow, But how bitter will be this last farewell


[Chorus]
Em      A       D     Bm   G                   A            G               A                   Dx2
____For you are beautiful, __ I have loved you dearly, more dearly than the spoken word can tell
Em      A       D     Bm   G                   A            G               A                   Dx3
____For you are beautiful, __ I have loved you dearly, more dearly than the spoken word can tell


       D                  A               Dx2                                 Gx2
Though death and darkness gather all about me, my ship be torn apart upon the seas, I shall smell
                             Emx2                                                   A
Again the fragrance of these islands, And the heaving waves that brought me once to thee, And
         D           A             Dx2                                                      G
Should I return home safe again to England, I shall watch the English mist roll through the dale


[Chorus]
Em      A       D     Bm   G                   A            G               A            Dx2
____For you are beautiful, __ I have loved you dearly, more dearly than the spoken word can tell
Em      A       D     Bm   G                   A            G               A                   D
____For you are beautiful, __ I have loved you dearly, more dearly than the spoken word can tell


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