Chords for 12 Foghorn Stringband 2014-01-18 Distant Land To Roam
Tempo:
111.2 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Over there is a classic Carter family song here called the distant land to Rome.
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[A] Fare [D] thee well, fare thee well, fare thee well.
old home for a [A] distant [D] land to Rome.
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[D] I wandered far away from my home I've gone astray.
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[A] Fare [D] thee well, fare thee well, fare thee well.
old home for a [A] distant [D] land to Rome.
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[D] I wandered far away from my home I've gone astray.
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Over there is a classic Carter family song here called the distant land to Rome.
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[A] _ _ _ Fare [D] thee well, fare thee well, fare thee well.
So I left my dear old home for a [A] distant [D] land to Rome.
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[D] _ _ _ I wandered far away _ from my home I've gone _ astray.
Now I'm coming, coming home never more [A] from [D] here to Rome.
Mother said, mother said, _ my dear boy, I hope to see you next [A] year again.
[D] Fare thee well, fare thee well, fare _ thee well.
So I left my dear old _ home for [A] a distant [D] land to Rome. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ These words she said to me as she took me by the hand.
On earth we meet no more, may we meet at God's right hand.
_ My mother said, mother said, my dear old man, my dear boy, I hope to see you next [A] year again.
_ Fare [D] thee well, fare thee well, fare _ thee well.
So I left my dear old _ home for [A] a distant [D] land to Rome. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ I _ _
[D] _ _ _ just [Em] want to say quick that [G] for the next few months we'll be on tour going to the Midwest, [A] Minneapolis,
and [G] a bunch of places in Wisconsin, _
[F] [Em] and Chicago, going down to Kentucky,
and we're going to be down to [A] Louisiana for March.
Another [F#] tour on the east goes to [G] [F] Toronto, _ _ [N] and _ _ _ _ _ then for all you German people out there,
we're going to be all month of May touring in Germany. _
_ That'll be fun.
Excited about that.
Second [D] to do it, [E] [G] unglaublich.
Unglaublich. _ _ _ _
Maybe we can take our tent with us and just stay in that while we're_ _
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of crowded with all four of us living in there.
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Well, now that we play standing, we will sleep standing, too.
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_ _ [F#] Here's _ _ _ [B] _
_ an _ old fiddle tune that comes from Virginia.
It's called the Three Forks of Cumberland.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] And we're going to be playing for the [A] square_
Well, there's many square dances,
but there's a dance up here tonight.
There's three or four on the stage right here.
I think our dance is at 945, so if you want to come and dance to some tunes, we'll be here. _ _
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[A] _ _ _ Fare [D] thee well, fare thee well, fare thee well.
So I left my dear old home for a [A] distant [D] land to Rome.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ I wandered far away _ from my home I've gone _ astray.
Now I'm coming, coming home never more [A] from [D] here to Rome.
Mother said, mother said, _ my dear boy, I hope to see you next [A] year again.
[D] Fare thee well, fare thee well, fare _ thee well.
So I left my dear old _ home for [A] a distant [D] land to Rome. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ These words she said to me as she took me by the hand.
On earth we meet no more, may we meet at God's right hand.
_ My mother said, mother said, my dear old man, my dear boy, I hope to see you next [A] year again.
_ Fare [D] thee well, fare thee well, fare _ thee well.
So I left my dear old _ home for [A] a distant [D] land to Rome. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I _ _
[D] _ _ _ just [Em] want to say quick that [G] for the next few months we'll be on tour going to the Midwest, [A] Minneapolis,
and [G] a bunch of places in Wisconsin, _
[F] [Em] and Chicago, going down to Kentucky,
and we're going to be down to [A] Louisiana for March.
Another [F#] tour on the east goes to [G] [F] Toronto, _ _ [N] and _ _ _ _ _ then for all you German people out there,
we're going to be all month of May touring in Germany. _
_ That'll be fun.
Excited about that.
Second [D] to do it, [E] [G] unglaublich.
Unglaublich. _ _ _ _
Maybe we can take our tent with us and just stay in that while we're_ _
_ [D] _ [A] Kind _ _ [G] _ [D]
of crowded with all four of us living in there.
_ _ [N] _
Well, now that we play standing, we will sleep standing, too.
_ [D] _
_ _ [F#] Here's _ _ _ [B] _
_ an _ old fiddle tune that comes from Virginia.
It's called the Three Forks of Cumberland.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] And we're going to be playing for the [A] square_
Well, there's many square dances,
but there's a dance up here tonight.
There's three or four on the stage right here.
I think our dance is at 945, so if you want to come and dance to some tunes, we'll be here. _ _