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intro
(Aaah\ldots)
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| C | C | Am | E \nb
| Bb | Eb Bb Cm F | G |
| G D | Em C | G D | C G |
| G D | Em C Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 D | G |
1.
D Em
In the  year  of ’39 assembled  here  the volunteers. 
C G D
In the  days  when  lands  were  few. 
Em G
Here the  ship  sailed  out 
C C 
into the  blue  and sunny morn. 
G D G
Swee test  sight  ever  seen.  
D
And the  night  followed day, 
Ebo
and the  story tellers say 
Em Am Am 
that the  score  brave souls in side 
G
for  many  a lonely day 
D
sailed  acr oss the milky seas. 
C D G
Ne’er looked  back,  never  fear ed, never  cried.  
chorus
G
Don’t you  hear  my call, 
C G
though you’re  many  years a way? 
G D
Don’t you  hear  me calling  you? 
G Bm Em
Write your  let ters  in  the  sand 
D6 C Bm Am
for  the  day  I  take  your  hand 
Bm D7 G
in the  land  that our  grand children  knew.  
interlude
(Aaah\ldots)
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| Eb Eb Eb11 Eb | Eb6 Eb | Cm | Cm |
| A | A | C | F#m C |
| Am | E | Bb | Eb Bb Cm F | G \nb
2.
D Em
In the  year  of ’39 came a  ship  in from the blue. 
C G D
The volun teers  came  home  that  day. 
Em G
And they  bring  good  news 
C
of a  world  so newly born, 
G D G
though their  hearts  so  hea vily  weigh.  
D
For the  earth  is old and grey, 
Ebo
little  dar ling we’ll away, 
Em Am
but my  love  this cannot  be. 
G
For so  many  years have gone 
D
though I’m  older  but a year. 
C D G
Your mother’s  eyes,  from your  eyes,  cry to  me. 
chorus
G
Don’t you  hear  my call, 
C G
though you’re  many  years a way? 
G D
don’t you  hear  me calling  you? 
G Bm Em
All the  let ters  in  the  sand 
D6 C Bm Am
can not  heal  me  like  your your  hand 
Em7 D7 G
For my  life,  still a head,  pity  me.  
outro
| G D | Em C Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 D | G |