Intro: F C F Ab F
verse 1
F C F
There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor
F Bb
Tomorrow for Old England she sails
Bb
Far away from your land of endless sunshine
Bb G C
To my land full of rainy skies and gales
F C F
And I shall be aboard that ship tomorrow
F Bb
Though my heart is full of tears at this farewell
G C A D G C
For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly
G C F D
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
G C A D G C
For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly
G C F C F C F
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
verse 2
F C F
I've heard there's a wicked war a-blazing
F Bb
And the taste of war I know so very well
Bb
Even now I see that foreign flag a-raising
Bb G C
Their guns on fire as we sail into Hell
F C F
I have no fear of death, it brings no sorrow
F Bb
But how bitter will be this last farewell
G C A D G C
For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly
G C F D
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
G C A D G C
For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly
G C F C F C F
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
verse 3
F C F
Though death and darkness gather all about me
F Bb
And my ship be torn apart upon the seas
Bb
I shall smell again the fragrance of these islands
Bb G C
And the heaving waves that brought me once to thee
F C F
And should I return safe home again to England
F Ab
I shall watch the English mist roll through the Dale
G C A D G C
For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly
G C F D
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
G C A D G C
For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly
G C F C F Ab F
More dearly than the spoken word can tell