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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
G           D                              Em
 In the year of thirty nine assembled here the volunteers
           C          G        D
In the days when lands were few
         Em             Em7             C
Here the ship sailed out   into the blue and sunny morn
Dsus4    D          G
Sweetest sight ever seen
        D                          Ebdim7
And the night followed day and the story tellers say
         Em                      Am
That the score brave souls inside
    G                              D
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
C            Em    C
Ne'er looked back, never feared,
D C          D
  never cried

[Chorus]
          G                          C               G
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away?
                          D
Don't you hear me calling you?
           G       B7     Em   G          C  G         Am
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand
       G    C        D    C    D   G
In the land that our grandchildren knew

[Bridge]
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[Verse 2]
G           D                      Em
 In the year of thirty nine came a ship in from the blue
              C     G            D
The volunteers came home that day
         Em             Em7          C
And they bring good news   of a world so newly born
             Dsus4     D       G
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
             D
For the Earth is old and grey,
          Ebdim7
little darlin', wellaway
       Em                  Am
But my love, this cannot be
       G                                D
For so many years are gone though I'm older but a year
     C            Em C             D C        D
Your mother's eyes   from your eyes  cry to me

[Chorus]
          G                          C               G
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away?
                          D
Don't you hear me calling you?
           G       B7     Em   G          C  G         Am
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand
       G    C        D    C    D   G   D
In the land that our grandchildren knew
          G                          C               G
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away?
                          D
Don't you hear me calling you?
         G       B7     Em   G          C   G         Am
All your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand
       Em                D       G
For my life, still ahead, pity me

[Outro]
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