Sayonara Nakamura Chords by Ted Egan
Tempo:
94.55 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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When the luggers all sailed away from Roebuck Bay on that fateful day,
The diver on the P-19 was [B] Nakamura.
[E] Not yet twenty-one from the land of the rising sun,
His homeland was the island Okinawa.
In the deepest holes of the Lassabee choals, To fulfil the pearling master's goals,
young [B] Nakamura.
as strong as his love for the beautiful girl,
returned to Okinawa.
The diver on the P-19 was [B] Nakamura.
[E] Not yet twenty-one from the land of the rising sun,
His homeland was the island Okinawa.
In the deepest holes of the Lassabee choals, To fulfil the pearling master's goals,
young [B] Nakamura.
as strong as his love for the beautiful girl,
returned to Okinawa.
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When the luggers all sailed away from Roebuck Bay on that fateful day,
The diver on the P-19 was [B] Nakamura. _ _
[E] Not yet twenty-one from the land of the rising sun,
His homeland was the island _ Okinawa. _
_ _ _ In the deepest holes of the Lassabee choals, To fulfil the pearling master's goals,
Went the diver from the P-19, young [B] Nakamura.
_ _ [E] His quest for the lustrous pearl, as strong as his love for the beautiful girl,
He'd wed when he returned to Okinawa.
But it's goodbye now, farewell.
_ _ [A] Say goodbye to [E] Okinawa,
_ For today they'll bury you in [B] West Australia. _
_ _ _ _ [E] You will never be as one _ [A] with the land of the [E] rising sun.
_ Sayonara, _ _ _ Sayonara, _ Nakamura. _
_ _ _ _ From the west came a tropical squall, and the mercury began to fall,
For deep, fathoms deep [B] was Nakamura.
_ [E] Set sail no time to stage, for the storm began to rage,
So they dragged to the surface the boy from Okinawa.
_ _ The agony's in his eyes, and on the layman cries,
He knows that the bends have got young [B] Nakamura.
_ _ [E] _ Helplessly they cursed, as the diver's lungs near burst,
And he died on the deck, the boy from Okinawa.
_ And it's goodbye now, farewell.
_ Say goodbye _ to Okinawa,
_ For today _ they'll bury you in West Australia. _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] You will never be as one _ [A] with the land of the [E] rising sun.
_ _ Sayonara, _ _ _ Sayonara, _ Nakamura. _
_ _ _ _ To the diver's cemetery of brood, bearing gifts all deep in gloom,
They walked with the body of the diver, [B] Nakamura.
_ _ [E] Headstones face the west, a thousand divers lie at rest,
And they're joined today by the boy from Okinawa.
And it's goodbye now, farewell.
_ _ Say [A] goodbye to [E] Okinawa,
_ For today they'll bury you in [B] West Australia. _
_ _ _ _ [E] You will never be as one _ [A] with the land of the rising [E] sun.
_ _ Sayonara, _ _ Sayonara, _ _ Nakamura. _
_ _ _ And it's goodbye now, farewell.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
Sayonara, [E] _ Okinawa.
Kimi ga nemuru chi ni, West [B] Australia. _
_ _ _ _ [E] Mou kaerenu sokoku _ ni, _ [A] Itoshiki _
[E] furusato.
_ _ Sayonara, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Sayonara, _ _ _ _ _ _ Nakamura. _
When the luggers all sailed away from Roebuck Bay on that fateful day,
The diver on the P-19 was [B] Nakamura. _ _
[E] Not yet twenty-one from the land of the rising sun,
His homeland was the island _ Okinawa. _
_ _ _ In the deepest holes of the Lassabee choals, To fulfil the pearling master's goals,
Went the diver from the P-19, young [B] Nakamura.
_ _ [E] His quest for the lustrous pearl, as strong as his love for the beautiful girl,
He'd wed when he returned to Okinawa.
But it's goodbye now, farewell.
_ _ [A] Say goodbye to [E] Okinawa,
_ For today they'll bury you in [B] West Australia. _
_ _ _ _ [E] You will never be as one _ [A] with the land of the [E] rising sun.
_ Sayonara, _ _ _ Sayonara, _ Nakamura. _
_ _ _ _ From the west came a tropical squall, and the mercury began to fall,
For deep, fathoms deep [B] was Nakamura.
_ [E] Set sail no time to stage, for the storm began to rage,
So they dragged to the surface the boy from Okinawa.
_ _ The agony's in his eyes, and on the layman cries,
He knows that the bends have got young [B] Nakamura.
_ _ [E] _ Helplessly they cursed, as the diver's lungs near burst,
And he died on the deck, the boy from Okinawa.
_ And it's goodbye now, farewell.
_ Say goodbye _ to Okinawa,
_ For today _ they'll bury you in West Australia. _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] You will never be as one _ [A] with the land of the [E] rising sun.
_ _ Sayonara, _ _ _ Sayonara, _ Nakamura. _
_ _ _ _ To the diver's cemetery of brood, bearing gifts all deep in gloom,
They walked with the body of the diver, [B] Nakamura.
_ _ [E] Headstones face the west, a thousand divers lie at rest,
And they're joined today by the boy from Okinawa.
And it's goodbye now, farewell.
_ _ Say [A] goodbye to [E] Okinawa,
_ For today they'll bury you in [B] West Australia. _
_ _ _ _ [E] You will never be as one _ [A] with the land of the rising [E] sun.
_ _ Sayonara, _ _ Sayonara, _ _ Nakamura. _
_ _ _ And it's goodbye now, farewell.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
Sayonara, [E] _ Okinawa.
Kimi ga nemuru chi ni, West [B] Australia. _
_ _ _ _ [E] Mou kaerenu sokoku _ ni, _ [A] Itoshiki _
[E] furusato.
_ _ Sayonara, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Sayonara, _ _ _ _ _ _ Nakamura. _
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