[Intro] <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">Eb</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">Csus4</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Cmaj7</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b> [Verse] <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> In the year of thirty nine assembled here the volunteers <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> In the days when the lands were few <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">C</b> And the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn <b class="chord">Dsus4</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b> The sweetest sight ever seen. <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">Ebdim</b> And the night followed day, and the story tellers say <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> The score brave souls inside <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> For so many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried [Chorus] <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> Don't you hear my call though you're many years away <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> Don't you hear me calling you <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">B7</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> Write your letters in the sand <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> For the day I take your hand <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b> In the land that our grandchildren knew [Bridge] <b class="chord">Eb</b> <b class="chord">Cm</b> <b class="chord">A</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Gbm</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">E</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">Eb</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">Csus4</b> <b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">G</b> [Verse] <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> In the year of thirty nine came a ship came from the blue <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> The volunteers came home that day <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">C</b> And they bring good news from a world so newly born <b class="chord">Dsus4</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b> Though their hearts so heavily weigh <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">Ebdim</b> Now the earth is old and grey, little darling we'll away <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> But my love this cannot be <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> For so many years have gone now I'm older but a year <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> Your mother's eyes from your eyes - cry to me [Chorus] <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> Don't you hear my call though you're many years away <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> Don't you hear me calling you <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">B7</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> Write your letters in the sand <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> For the day I take your hand <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b> In the land that our grandchildren knew <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> Don't you hear my call though you're many years away <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">D</b> Don't you hear me calling you <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">B7</b> <b class="chord">Em</b> All your letters in the sand <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> Can not heal me like your your hand <b class="chord">Em</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">G</b> For my life, still ahead, pity me