Durham Town
Roger WhittakerVersion1
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D-DU-UDU
Back in nineteen forty four
I remember Daddy walkin out the door
mom-ma told me he was goin to the war, he was leavin
leavin leavin leavin leavin me
***CHORUS
When I was a boy I spent my time
sittin on the banks of the river Tyne
whatchin' all the ships goin down the line, they were leavin
leavin leavin leavin leavin me
***CHORUS
Last week momma passed a-way
"good bye son" is all she'd say
"there,s no call for me to stay so I'm leavin
leavin leavin leavin leavin free
/::
I've gotta leave old Durham Town
I've gotta leave old Durham Town
I've gotta leave old Durham Town
and that leavins gonna get me
::/
La lala-la la lala la
la lala-la la lala la
la lala-la la lala lala
lala lalalala lalala-la
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Readable chord sheet for Durham Town by Roger Whittaker
[D]Back in [A]nineteen [G]forty [A]four [Bm]I remember [F#m]Daddy walkin [Bm]out the [F#m]door [D]mom-ma told [A]me he was [G]goin to the [A]war, he was [Bm]leavin [F#m]leavin leavin leavin leavin [A]me ***CHORUS When [D]I was a [A]boy I [G]spent my [A]time [Bm]sittin on the [F#m]banks of the [Bm]river [F#m]Tyne [D]whatchin' all the [A]ships goin [G]down the [A]line, they were [Bm]leavin [F#m]leavin leavin leavin leavin [A]me ***CHORUS [D]Last week [A]momma [G]passed a-[A]way [Bm]"good bye [F#m]son" is [Bm]all she'd [F#m]say "[D]there,s no [A]call for [G]me to [A]stay so I'm [Bm]leavin [F#m]leavin leavin leavin leavin [A]free /:: [D]I've gotta [A]leave old [G]Durham [A]Town [D]I've gotta [G]leave old [A]Durham [D]Town [D]I've gotta [F#m]leave old [Bm]Durham [Gm]Town and that [D]leavins gonna [A]get me ::/ [D]La lala-[A]la la [G]lala [A]la [D]la lala-[G]la la [A]lala [D]la [D]la lala-[F#m]la la [Bm]lala [Gm]lala lala [D]lalalala [A]lalala-[D]la