C       F       C

[Verse 1]
C                    Dm     Am  F
I left my home on an Autumn day
C                      Dm     Am
Turned my face to the ocean grey
Dm                 C/E            F
Shed my life for a chance to be free
G                   Am          F  C  F
Hang onto hope on a treacherous sea

[Verse 2]
C                          Dm      Am   F
To look back again on this land of mine
C                           Dm   Am
To have my heart and my mind beguiled
     Dm             C/E      F
What lies ahead can't be a mistake
    G                   Am    C   F
And day by day another Yankee wake

[Chorus]
C          F/C  C
O'er the seas we go
    G/B       Am       Em         F        C    F
Say fare thee well so long to the world we know
C        F/C       C
Oh the hell we'll raise
     G/B     Am        Em   F       C
When fortune guides us over furious waves
     G/B     Am        Em   F       C
When fortune guides us over furious waves

[Verse 3]
C                   Dm      Am
They say hope is a fickle thing
    F          C                        Dm     Am
But I'd rather hope than face another frozen spring
    Dm               C/E      F
I'd rather brave the ocean's rage
     G             Am      C   F
Then safely starve another day

[Verse 4]
C                   Dm      Am
The devil you know or the devil you don't
    F          C                        Dm     Am
A hangman's smile or a pastor's doubts
    Dm               C/E      F
For hope is a thing we can't afford
     G             Am      C   F
I won't leave my luck in the hands of the lord

[Chorus]
C          F/C  C
O'er the seas we go
    G/B       Am       Em         F        C    F
Say fare thee well so long to the world we know
C        F/C       C
Oh the hell we'll raise
     G/B     Am        Em   F       C
When fortune guides us over furious waves
     G/B     Am        Em   F       C
When fortune guides us over furious waves

[Bridge]
Em                      Am
All I'm bringing along with me
Em                        Am
A tiny branch of my family tree
G                                    Dm
All we've lost and all we've known
G                          F
We'll plant anew and watch it grow

[Chorus]
C          F/C  C
O'er the seas we go
    G/B       Am       Em         F        C    F
Say fare thee well so long to the world we know
C        F/C       C
Oh the hell we'll raise
     G/B     Am        Em   F       C
When fortune guides us over furious waves
     G/B     Am        Em   F       C
When fortune guides us over furious waves
      C        F/C      C
I say o'er the seas we'll go
    G/B       Am       Em         F        C    F
Say fare thee well so long to the world we know
C        F/C       C
Oh the hell we'll raise
     G/B     Am        Em   F       C
When fortune guides us over furious waves
     G/B     Am        Em   F       C
When fortune guides us over furious waves
     G/B     Am        Em   F       C
When fortune guides us over furious waves
     G/B     Am        Em   F       C
When fortune guides us over furious waves