Thousands Are Sailing To Amerikay Chords by Dick Gaughan

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[F] _ _ [Gm] _ [Dm] You _ [Bb] brave Irish [C] heroes, wherever [Bb] you be, I [Gm] pray stand a [Bb] moment _ and [F] listen [Dm] to me.
[F] Your sons and fair [C] daughters _ [Dm] are now going [Gm] away, _ [Bb] And thousands are [C] sailing to _ [Dm] America.
_ So good luck to [C] those people, and safe may [Bb] they land.
[G] They are leaving their [Bb] country _ [C] for the far [Dm] distant strand.
[F] They are leaving [C] all their land, no [F] longer [Gm] can stay,
[Bb] And thousands are [C] sailing _ to [Dm] America.
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] The night before [C] leaving, _ they are bidding [Bb] goodbye, _
And it's [Gm] early next [Bb] morning, [C] their heart gives [Dm] a sigh.
[F] They do kiss their mothers, _ and then they [Gm] do say,
_ [Am] Fare thee [Bb] well dearest [C] father, _ we must now [Dm] go away.
[Am] Their friends and [C] relations, and neighbours [Bb] also,
When the trunks are all packed up, all ready [Dm] to go.
[F] The tears from their eyes, they fall down [G] like the rain,
And the [Bb] horses a [C]-prancing, _ going off [Dm] for the train.
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[F] _ _ [Gm] _ [F] So [Gm] good luck to [F] those [C] people, _ and safe [Bb] may they land. _
They are [G] leaving [Bb] their country for the [C] far [Dm] distant strand.
[F] They are leaving [C] all their land, no [Dm] longer [Gm] can stay,
[Bb] And thousands are [C] sailing _ to [Dm] America. _ _
[F] _ [Bb] When they do reach [C] the station, you will hear their [Bb] last cry.
With [F] [Bb] handkerchiefs waving, [C] and bidding [Dm] goodbye,
[F] Their hearts will be breaking, on leaving [Gm] the shore. _
[F] Fare thee [Bb] well dear [C] old Ireland, we will ne'er [Dm] see you more.
_ So I [Gm] pity [F] the [C] mother, _ [F] [C] that rears [Bb] up a child,
And [C] likewise the father, [Bb] _ [C] who [Dm] labours and toils,
[F] To try to [C] support them, he will [F] work [Gm] night and day.
[Bb] And when they are [C] reared up, they will go [Dm] away. _
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_ [Bb] So [Gm] good luck [F] to those [C] people, and safe may they [Bb] land.
[F] They are leaving [Bb] their country [C] for the far [Dm] distant strand.
[F] They are leaving [C] all their land, no [F] longer [Gm] can stay,
_ [F] And [Bb] thousands are [C] sailing _ to [Dm] America.
_ [F] Oh, thousands are [C] sailing _ to America. _
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