Chords for 12 Foghorn Stringband 2014-01-18 Distant Land To Roam

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G

Em

F

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12 Foghorn Stringband 2014-01-18 Distant Land To Roam chords
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Over there is a classic Carter family song here called the distant land to Rome.
[D] [G]
[D]
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
[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.
[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.
[A] [D]
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.
Key:  
D
1321
A
1231
G
2131
Em
121
F
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D
1321
A
1231
G
2131
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Over there is a classic Carter family song here called the distant land to Rome.
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
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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.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [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. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ 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. _ _

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