Intro: Eb Ebsus4 Eb Ebsus4 (x2)

Verse 1:
(nc)        Eb                   Bb           Eb     Bb
There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbour
Eb               Eb7          Ab
tomorrow for ol' England she sails
     Fm             Ab              Fm       Ab
far away from your land of endless sunshine
   Fm                              Bb
to my land full of rainy skies and gales
    Eb            Bb               Eb       Bb
and I shall be on board that ship tomorrow
Eb                          Eb7             Ab
though my heart is full of tears at this farewell

Chorus:
Fm   Bb     Eb    Cm      Fm                Bb7
For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
      Fm              Bb7             Eb
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
Fm   Bb     Eb    Cm      Fm                Bb7
for you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
      Fm              Bb7             Eb
more dearly than the spoken word can tell

Verse 2:
Bb Eb              Bb           Eb      Bb
I heard there's a wicked war a-blazing
         Eb            Eb7          Ab
and the taste of war I know so very well
     Fm             Ab              Fm       Ab
Even now I see that foreign flag a-raising
      Fm                             Bb
their guns on fire as we sailed into hell
    Eb            Bb                  Eb       Bb
I have no fear of death it brings no sorrow
Eb                          Eb7   Ab
but how bitter will be this last farewell

Chorus:
Fm   Bb     Eb    Cm        Fm             Bb7
For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
      Fm              Bb7             Eb
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
Fm   Bb     Eb   Cm          Fm            Bb7
for you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
      Fm              Bb7             Eb
more dearly than the spoken word can tell

Verse 3:
Bb     Eb                 Bb         Eb        Bb
Though death and darkness gather all about me
         Eb          Eb7           Ab
and my ship be torn apart upon the sea
        Fm               Ab                Fm       Ab
I shall smell again the fragrance of these islands
       Fm                                    Bb
in the heaving waves that brought me once to thee
           Eb        Bb             Eb       Bb
and should I return safe home again to England
Eb                        Eb7                   Ab
I shall watch the English mist roll through the dale

Chorus:
Fm   Bb     Eb    Cm     Fm                 Bb7
For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
      Fm              Bb7             Eb
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
Fm   Bb     Eb   Cm          Fm            Bb7
for you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
      Fm              Bb7             Eb
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
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