Chords for The Shores of Amerikay

_ _ _ _ I'm bidding farewell [C#] to the land of my youth [G#] and the homes I love [C#] so well,
_ _ [G#] And the mountains grand of [F#] my own native land, [C#] I'm bidding them all [G#] farewell. _ _ _
With an aching heart [C#] I'll bid them adieu, for tomorrow I sail [G#] far away,
_ Or [C#] the raging _ foam, for to seek a home [G#] on the shores of America.
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_ It's not for the [F#] want of employment [C#] I'm going, [G#] it's not for the love [C#] of fame,
_ _ [G#] That fortune bright [F#] may shine over me and [C#] give me a glorious [G#]
name.
_ _ It's not for the want of [C#] _ employment I'm going, on this weary and [G#] stormy sea, _
[C#] But to seek a home for [F#] my own true [C#] love on [G#] the shores of America.
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_ _ _ _ And when I am bidding my last farewell, [G#] the tears like rain [C#] will blind, _
To [G#] think of my friends [F#] in my own native land and [C#] the home I'm leaving [G#] _ behind.
_ But if I'm to die on [C#] a foreign _ land and be buried so far, [G#] far away,
_ _ [C#] No fun mother's tears will be shed or my grave [G#] on the shores of _ [C#] America. _ _
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