Chorus:
GCG
Now is the hour
D7G
When we must say goodbye
CD7G
Soon you'll be sailing
A7D7
Far across the sea
Verse:
GCG
While you're away
D7G
Oh please remember me
CD7G
When you return
C7AmD7G
You'll find me wait-ing here
Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (Vera Margaret Welch, 20 March 1917 – 18 June 2020) widely known as “the Forces’ Sweetheart”, was an English singer, songwriter and actress. Her musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War.
During the war she toured Egypt, India, and Burma (Myanmar) as part of ENSA, giving outdoor concerts for the troops. The songs most associated with her are “We’ll Meet Again”, “The White Cliffs of Dover”, “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” and “There’ll Always Be an England”.