The Last Farewell
Roger WhittakerVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
in G
Verse1:
There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor
tomorrow for ol' England she sails
far away from your land of endless sunshine
to my land full of rainy skies and gales
and I shall be on board that ship tomorrow
though my heart is full of tears at this farewell
For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
for you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
Verse2
I heard there's a wicked war a blazing
and the taste of war I know so very well
Even no I see that foreign flag a raising
their guns on fire as we sailed into hell
I have no fear of death it brings no sorrow
but how bitter will be this last farewell
For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
for you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
Verse3:
Though death and darkness gather all about me
and my ship be torn apart upon the sea
I shall smell again the fragrance of these islands
in the heaving waves that brought me once to thee
and should I return safe home again to England
I shall watch the English mist roll through the dale
For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
for you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
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Readable chord sheet for The Last Farewell by Roger Whittaker
in G Verse [G]There's a s[C]hip lies rigged and r[G]eady in the h[C]arbor [G] [C]tomorrow for ol' [C7]England she s[F]ails far a[Dm]way from your l[F]and of endless s[Dm]unshine [F] to my l[Dm]and full of [F]rainy skies and g[G]ales and [C]I shall be on [G]board that ship t[C]omorrow [G] [C]though my heart is full of t[C7]ears at this far[F]ewell [Dm]For y[G]ou are [C]beauti[Am]ful and I [Dm]have loved you [G7]dearly more d[Dm]early than the s[G7]poken word can t[C]ell [Dm]for y[G]ou are [C]beauti[Am]ful and I [Dm]have loved you [G7]dearly more d[Dm]early than the s[G7]poken word can t[C]ell Verse [G]I h[C]eard there's a w[G]icked war a b[C]lazing [G] and the t[C]aste of war I [C7]know so very [F]well Eve[Dm]n no I see that[F] foreign flag a [Dm]raising [F] their g[Dm]uns on fire [F]as we sailed into[G] hell I ha[C]ve no fear of [G]death it brings no s[C]orrow [G] [C]but how bitter will be this [C7]last f[F]arewell [Dm]For y[G]ou are [C]beauti[Am]ful and I [Dm]have loved you [G7]dearly more d[Dm]early than the s[G7]poken word can t[C]ell [Dm]for y[G]ou are [C]beaut[Am]iful and I h[Dm]ave loved you [G7]dearly more d[Dm]early than the s[G7]poken word can t[C]ell Verse [G]Though [C]death and darkness [G]gather all [C]about me [G] and my sh[C]ip be torn a[C7]part upon the [F]sea I shall [Dm]smell again the f[F]ragrance of these [Dm]islands [F] in the [Dm]heaving waves that [F]brought me once to [G]thee and s[C]hould I return safe [G]home again to E[C]ngland [G] [C]I shall watch the English [C7]mist roll through the [F]dale [Dm]For y[G]ou are [C]beauti[Am]ful and I [Dm]have loved you [G7]dearly more d[Dm]early than the s[G7]poken word can t[C]ell [Dm]for y[G]ou are [C]beaut[Am]iful and I h[Dm]ave loved you [G7]dearly more d[Dm]early than the s[G7]poken word can t[C]ell