Intro
[C] [Csus] [C] [Csus] x2
Verse 1
N.C. [C] [G] [C] [G]
There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbour
[C] [C7] [F]
tomorrow for ol' England she sails
[Dm] [F] [Dm] [F]
far away from your land of endless sunshine
[Dm] [G]
to my land full of rainy skies and gales
[C] [G] [C] [G]
and I shall be on board that ship tomorrow
[C] [C7] [F]
though my heart is full of tears at this farewell
Chorus
[Dm] [G] [C] [Am] [Dm] [G7]
For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
[Dm] [G7] [C]
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
[Dm] [G] [C] [Am] [Dm] [G7]
for you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
[Dm] [G7] [C]
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
Verse 2
[G] [C] [G] [C] [G]
I heard there's a wicked war a-blazing
[C] [C7] [F]
and the taste of war I know so very well
[Dm] [F] [Dm] [F]
Even now I see that foreign flag a-raising
[Dm] [G]
their guns on fire as we sailed into hell
[C] [G] [C] [G]
I have no fear of death it brings no sorrow
[C] [C7] [F]
but how bitter will be this last farewell
Chorus
[Dm] [G] [C] [Am] [Dm] [G7]
For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
[Dm] [G7] [C]
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
[Dm] [G] [C] [Am] [Dm] [G7]
for you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
[Dm] [G7] [C]
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
Verse 3
[G] [C] [G] [C] [G]
Though death and darkness gather all about me
[C] [C7] [F]
and my ship be torn apart upon the sea
[Dm] [F] [Dm] [F]
I shall smell again the fragrance of these islands
[Dm] [G]
in the heaving waves that brought me once to thee
[C] [G] [C] [G]
and should I return safe home again to England
[C] [C7] [F]
I shall watch the English mist roll through the dale
Chorus
[Dm] [G] [C] [Am] [Dm] [G7]
For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
[Dm] [G7] [C]
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
[Dm] [G] [C] [Am] [Dm] [G7]
for you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly
[Dm] [G7] [C]
more dearly than the spoken word can tell
