Note on the studio version of this song there are two guitars. This is an approximation for playing it on just one. Use a capo on the first fret.
intro
X X X X Am Am Am Am
G G
G D Em C G D C G
---3-------2------0----0----0-----3----2---0------3------
---3-------3------0----0----1-----3----3---1------3------
---0-------2------0----0----0-----0----2---0------0------
---0-----0-0------2----2----2-----0--0-0---2-0_2--0------
---2-2_3--------2-2--2-2--3-3-----2--------3------2------
-3------------------------------3-3---------------3------
G D Em C G D G G G G
---3-------2------0----0----0-----3--2--------- (folk strum)
---3-------3------0----0----1-----3--3---------
---0-------2------0----0----0-----0--0---------
---0-----0-0------2----2----2-----0-----3-2-0--
---2-2_3--------2-2--2-2--3-3-----2------------
-3------------------------------3-3------------
G (pickup chord) D Em
In the year of '39.... Assembled here the volunteers
C~ G D Em Em7
In the days when lands were few Here the ship sailed out into the
C~ D(add G) Dmaj G
Blue and sunny morn Sweetest sight ever seen.
G D B7
And night followed day, and the story tellers say
Em Am (then passing notes C B A F#)
That the score brave souls inside
G D
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
C Em C D C (G) D------
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried.
G C G
Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away,
G D
Don't you hear me calling you
G F#/G Em D C B/G Am
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand
Em D G
In the land that our grandchildren knew.
In the C~, I add D&G on top:
|--3
|--3
|--0
|--2
|--3
|--X
Likewise, the D add G is
|--3 (where you add the G)
|--3
|--2
|--0
|--X
|--X
Notes:
I often play Amin7 rather than plain Amin.
The odd chords listed in the chorus I play:
F#/G B/G
|--3 |--3
|--3 |--3
|--0 |--0
|--0 |--0
|--0 |--2
|--2 |--X