Chords for Leaving Nancy( Eric Bogle)

[A#] This is a song I wrote [A] for my mother, [G#] Nancy, and _ _ _ I [G] said goodbye to my mother at the railway station in the head. _ _
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_ [G] _ [G#] _ [G] _ And my mother asked me when I told her this is not for my son. _ _
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[N] _ I made her promise she would be crying.
[G]
And she kept her promise until I stood still and told her.
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[G] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [G] _ _ I'm holding my hand.
_ The last thing I told my mother was that I'm going to cry tonight.
I'm not going to cry.
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_ _ There's _ _ _ a long joke in here, so [G] I'll tell you.
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_ _ _ _ In comes a train, [C] the whole [G] band [Am] from Shades.
[D] It starts with a shudder [G] and a screaming of praise.
The party has come [Am] and my release _ awaits.
[D] I'm leaving my [E] [D] Nancy [G] home. _ _
_ You stand there [Am] beside [G] me [C] _ [Am] determinedly gay.
[D] And you talk on the weather and [G] the sun of the day.
But your eyes tell me all [Am] that your tongue doesn't say.
_ [D] Goodbye my [Am]
[D] Nancy, [G] _ oh. _ _
And come a little [C] closer.
_ [Am] _
[D] Lay your head [G] upon [D] _
[G] my shoulder. _ _
And let me hold you [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ before I whisper.
[G] _ _ My _ _ suitcase is a rift and [C] I'm stoned on [Am] the track.
[D] A thousand regrets _ whirl [G] around in my brain.
The ache in my heart [Am] is a black sea of pain.
[D] I'm leaving my Nancy [G] home.
_ _ You stand there [Am] beside me [G]
[C] so lovely [Am] to see.
But [D] the grip on your hand is an [G] _ unspoken plea.
You're not fooling yourself and you're [Am] not fooling me.
_ [C] _
[D] Goodbye my [G] Nancy, oh. _ _ _
And come a _ _ _
[C] little [Em] closer.
[Am] _ Lay [D] your head _ [G] _
upon my shoulder. _ _ _
And let me hold you [Am] _ _ before I _ _
[D] _ _ _ whisper. _
[G] _ _ _ _ But our time has run out.
[C] The whistle [Am] has blown.
[D] So here I must leave you [G] standing _ alone.
We had so little time [Am] and now the time's gone.
[D] Goodbye my _ [G] Nancy, oh. _ _ _
And as the [Am] train [G]
[C] starts gently [Em] [Am] to roll. _
[D] And as I lean out [G] to wait and to call.
I see the first tears [Am] _ trickle and fall. _
[D] _ Goodbye my _ [G] Nancy, oh. _ _ _
And come my _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ shoulder. _
_ _ _ Let me hold you [Am] _ _ one time _ [D] before the whistle [G] _ blows. _ _
_ And let me hold you [Am] one last time _ [D] before the whistle [G] _ blows. _
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[E] Goodbye my _ [B] _ _ _
[E] [F#m] Nancy, [G] _ _ [F#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [A] oh.
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