Chords for Blue Smoke

_ _ _ _ Smoke drifts above me, [Bb] whispering, I miss [G] you, taking my thoughts [C] back to you across
the sea.
I know that when I sail home [F] again, I'll find you waiting there for me.
Blue smoke goes drifting by into [Bb] the deep [G] blue sky, [C] and when I think of home I think
of my [F] sadly _ [C] sighed. _
_ [F] I can see you there with [Bb] loving tears [G] in your eyes [C] as we fondly say
our last [F] _ _ _ goodbyes.
[Bb] And as I sailed away [F] with a longing to stay, [G] I saw you there with a
promise to be true [C] and to love only you.
[F] Blue smoke goes drifting by [Bb] into the deep [G] blue
sky.
[C] My _ memories of home will [F] never die.
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_ [F] During the Second World War, after the blue [Bb] haze of battle had cleared, [G] the soldiers'
first thoughts [C] were of their families, mothers, [F] wives and their children [C] back home. _
[F] Later,
when the shock and trauma had passed, [Bb] the sadness and memories of their [G] fallen comrades
remained.
[C] This song, composed by Ruru Kraitiana, [F] expresses the thoughts [C] of those survivors.
[F] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Bb] oh, oh, oh,
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oh, [Bb] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [G] oh, oh, oh, _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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oh, [C] _ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, _
_ [F] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Bb] oh, oh, oh, _ _ [G] _ _
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oh, [F] _ _ oh, _
_ [C] oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Bb] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, _
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