[Intro]
| C | C | Am | E | Bb |
| Eb Bb Csus4 F | G |
| G D | Em C | G D | C G |
| G D | Em C | Cmaj7 | D |
| G |
[Verse]
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
Dsus4 D G
The sweetest sign ever seen.
D Ebdim
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
[Bridge]
Eb Cm A C Gbm C Am E Bb Eb Bb Csus4 F G
[Verse]
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
Dsus4 D G
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
D Ebdim
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
