Chords for Farewell to Nova Scotia by Cod Gone Wild
Tempo:
133.3 bpm
Chords used:
G
Em
D
E
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
[Bm] [E] [Em]
[B]
[G]
[Em]
Woo!
Yep!
Let me hear everybody out there!
How's everybody doing?
My name is Angelo Mercer all the way from the small community of Bay Roberts, Newfoundland.
Happy to call Vernon my home now.
On my right, from Vernon, British Columbia, on the fiddle, Angeli!
Back
[G]
[Em]
on the bass, folks, he's the only Irishman in the group!
From Winfield, British Columbia, Mr.
Roy Coato!
Back on the skins from Sylvan Lake, Alberta, he's a church and we call him the Rhyno!
[Ab] [Em]
[D] [G]
Oh, the sun was setting in the west, the [Em] birds were singing on every tree.
[G] All nature [D] seemed in fine fortune, but [G] still there was no rest for me.
[Em]
[G] So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll [Em] go to let your mountains dark and dreary [G] be.
And when I am [D] far away, I'll never catch and toss, will you [G] ever heave a sigh and wish [Em] for me?
[D] [G] [Em]
[G] Oh, will I grieve to leave my native land?
Will I grieve [Em] to leave my comrades all?
[G] And my [D] aged parents I held so dear and the [Em] [D] bonnie, bonnie lassie that [G] I do [Em] adore.
[G] So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll go to [Em] let your mountains dark and dreary [E] be.
[D]
And when [G] I am far [D] away, I'll never catch and toss, [Em] will you [D] ever heave a sigh [G] and wish for me?
[Em] [D]
[G] [Em] Oh, the [Dm] drums they beat, [G] the horns they [A] pluck, oh, [Em] what a battle [G] cause we must obey.
So farewell, [D] farewell to Nova Scotia's charms, [Em] or return [D] I [G] anymore, and I'm far away.
So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll go to let [Em] your mountains dark and dreary be.
[G] And when I am [D] far away, I'll never catch and toss, will you ever [G] heave a sigh and wish for [Em] me?
[D] [G]
But I have three brothers, they are all at rest, so well [Em] their arms are coated on their [G] breasts.
There's a poor, [D] simple sailor just like me, must [Em] be [Bm] tossed and driven [Em] by the dark blue sea.
[G] So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll go to let [Em] your mountains dark and dreary [E] be.
[G] And when I am [D] far away on that briny ocean toss, will you ever heave a [G] sigh and wish for me?
So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll go to let [Em] your mountains dark and dreary be.
[G] And when I am [D] far away on that briny ocean toss, will you ever heave a [G] sigh and wish for me?
[Bm] [E] Will you [Em] ever heave [C] a [G] sigh
[E] and a [Em] wish [D]
for, a wish
[E] for [G]
me?
[Em]
Yeah!
[D] [G] [Em]
[Bm] [E] [Em]
[B]
[G]
[Em]
Woo!
Yep!
Let me hear everybody out there!
How's everybody doing?
My name is Angelo Mercer all the way from the small community of Bay Roberts, Newfoundland.
Happy to call Vernon my home now.
On my right, from Vernon, British Columbia, on the fiddle, Angeli!
Back
[G]
[Em]
on the bass, folks, he's the only Irishman in the group!
From Winfield, British Columbia, Mr.
Roy Coato!
Back on the skins from Sylvan Lake, Alberta, he's a church and we call him the Rhyno!
[Ab] [Em]
[D] [G]
Oh, the sun was setting in the west, the [Em] birds were singing on every tree.
[G] All nature [D] seemed in fine fortune, but [G] still there was no rest for me.
[Em]
[G] So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll [Em] go to let your mountains dark and dreary [G] be.
And when I am [D] far away, I'll never catch and toss, will you [G] ever heave a sigh and wish [Em] for me?
[D] [G] [Em]
[G] Oh, will I grieve to leave my native land?
Will I grieve [Em] to leave my comrades all?
[G] And my [D] aged parents I held so dear and the [Em] [D] bonnie, bonnie lassie that [G] I do [Em] adore.
[G] So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll go to [Em] let your mountains dark and dreary [E] be.
[D]
And when [G] I am far [D] away, I'll never catch and toss, [Em] will you [D] ever heave a sigh [G] and wish for me?
[Em] [D]
[G] [Em] Oh, the [Dm] drums they beat, [G] the horns they [A] pluck, oh, [Em] what a battle [G] cause we must obey.
So farewell, [D] farewell to Nova Scotia's charms, [Em] or return [D] I [G] anymore, and I'm far away.
So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll go to let [Em] your mountains dark and dreary be.
[G] And when I am [D] far away, I'll never catch and toss, will you ever [G] heave a sigh and wish for [Em] me?
[D] [G]
But I have three brothers, they are all at rest, so well [Em] their arms are coated on their [G] breasts.
There's a poor, [D] simple sailor just like me, must [Em] be [Bm] tossed and driven [Em] by the dark blue sea.
[G] So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll go to let [Em] your mountains dark and dreary [E] be.
[G] And when I am [D] far away on that briny ocean toss, will you ever heave a [G] sigh and wish for me?
So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll go to let [Em] your mountains dark and dreary be.
[G] And when I am [D] far away on that briny ocean toss, will you ever heave a [G] sigh and wish for me?
[Bm] [E] Will you [Em] ever heave [C] a [G] sigh
[E] and a [Em] wish [D]
for, a wish
[E] for [G]
me?
[Em]
Yeah!
[D] [G] [Em]
Key:
G
Em
D
E
Bm
G
Em
D
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ Woo!
Yep! _ _ _
_ Let me hear everybody out there!
How's everybody doing?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ My name is Angelo Mercer all the way from the small community of Bay Roberts, _ Newfoundland.
_ _ _ Happy to call Vernon my home now.
_ _ On my right, from Vernon, British Columbia, on the fiddle, _ _ Angeli!
_ _ _ _ Back
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
on the bass, folks, he's the only Irishman in the group! _
From Winfield, British Columbia, _ Mr.
Roy Coato! _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Back on the skins from Sylvan Lake, Alberta, _ he's a church and we call him the Rhyno!
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ Oh, the sun was setting in the west, the [Em] birds were singing on every tree.
[G] _ All nature [D] seemed in fine fortune, but [G] still there was no rest for me.
[Em] _
[G] So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll [Em] go to let your mountains dark and dreary [G] be.
_ And when I am [D] far away, I'll never catch and toss, will you [G] ever heave a sigh and wish [Em] for me? _ _ _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] Oh, will I grieve to leave my native land?
Will I grieve [Em] to leave my comrades all?
_ [G] And my [D] aged parents I held so dear and the [Em] [D] bonnie, bonnie lassie that [G] I do [Em] adore.
_ [G] So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll go to [Em] let your mountains dark and dreary [E] be.
_ [D]
And when [G] I am far [D] away, I'll never catch and toss, [Em] will you [D] ever heave a sigh [G] and wish for _ me?
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ Oh, the [Dm] drums they beat, [G] the horns they [A] pluck, oh, [Em] what a battle [G] cause we must obey.
So farewell, [D] farewell to Nova Scotia's charms, [Em] or return [D] I [G] anymore, and I'm far away.
So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll go to let [Em] your mountains dark and dreary be.
_ [G] And when I am [D] far away, I'll never catch and toss, will you ever [G] heave a sigh and wish for [Em] me?
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ But I have three brothers, they are all at rest, so well [Em] their arms are coated on their [G] breasts.
There's a poor, [D] simple sailor just like me, must [Em] be [Bm] tossed and driven [Em] by the dark blue sea. _
[G] So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll go to let [Em] your mountains dark and dreary [E] _ be.
[G] And when I am [D] far away on that briny ocean toss, will you ever heave a [G] sigh and wish for me?
_ So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll go to let [Em] your mountains dark and dreary be. _
_ [G] And when I am [D] far away on that briny ocean toss, will you ever heave a [G] sigh and wish for me?
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] Will _ you [Em] _ _ _ ever _ heave [C] a [G] sigh _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ and _ a [Em] wish _ [D] _ _
for, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a _ wish _ _
_ _ [E] _ for _ [G] _ _
me?
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ Woo!
Yep! _ _ _
_ Let me hear everybody out there!
How's everybody doing?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ My name is Angelo Mercer all the way from the small community of Bay Roberts, _ Newfoundland.
_ _ _ Happy to call Vernon my home now.
_ _ On my right, from Vernon, British Columbia, on the fiddle, _ _ Angeli!
_ _ _ _ Back
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
on the bass, folks, he's the only Irishman in the group! _
From Winfield, British Columbia, _ Mr.
Roy Coato! _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Back on the skins from Sylvan Lake, Alberta, _ he's a church and we call him the Rhyno!
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ Oh, the sun was setting in the west, the [Em] birds were singing on every tree.
[G] _ All nature [D] seemed in fine fortune, but [G] still there was no rest for me.
[Em] _
[G] So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll [Em] go to let your mountains dark and dreary [G] be.
_ And when I am [D] far away, I'll never catch and toss, will you [G] ever heave a sigh and wish [Em] for me? _ _ _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] Oh, will I grieve to leave my native land?
Will I grieve [Em] to leave my comrades all?
_ [G] And my [D] aged parents I held so dear and the [Em] [D] bonnie, bonnie lassie that [G] I do [Em] adore.
_ [G] So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll go to [Em] let your mountains dark and dreary [E] be.
_ [D]
And when [G] I am far [D] away, I'll never catch and toss, [Em] will you [D] ever heave a sigh [G] and wish for _ me?
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ Oh, the [Dm] drums they beat, [G] the horns they [A] pluck, oh, [Em] what a battle [G] cause we must obey.
So farewell, [D] farewell to Nova Scotia's charms, [Em] or return [D] I [G] anymore, and I'm far away.
So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll go to let [Em] your mountains dark and dreary be.
_ [G] And when I am [D] far away, I'll never catch and toss, will you ever [G] heave a sigh and wish for [Em] me?
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ But I have three brothers, they are all at rest, so well [Em] their arms are coated on their [G] breasts.
There's a poor, [D] simple sailor just like me, must [Em] be [Bm] tossed and driven [Em] by the dark blue sea. _
[G] So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll go to let [Em] your mountains dark and dreary [E] _ be.
[G] And when I am [D] far away on that briny ocean toss, will you ever heave a [G] sigh and wish for me?
_ So farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea, I'll go to let [Em] your mountains dark and dreary be. _
_ [G] And when I am [D] far away on that briny ocean toss, will you ever heave a [G] sigh and wish for me?
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] Will _ you [Em] _ _ _ ever _ heave [C] a [G] sigh _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ and _ a [Em] wish _ [D] _ _
for, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a _ wish _ _
_ _ [E] _ for _ [G] _ _
me?
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _