[Intro]
| C     | C     | Am    | E     |
| Bb    | Eb Bb Csus4 F | G     |
| G  D  | Em C  | G  D  | C  G  |
| G  D  | Em C  | Cmaj7 D | G


[Verse 1]
        D                     Em
In the year of '39 assembled here the volunteers
        C             G          D
In the days when the lands were few
         Em                        C
Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn
    Dsus4    D          G
The sweetest sight ever seen

        D                           Ebdim
And the night followed day, and the story tellers say
         Em                   Am
That the score brave souls inside
    G                          D
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
C            Em    C       D     C       G   D
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried


[Chorus]
          G                          C           G
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
          G               D
Don't you hear me calling you
           G       B7     Em
Write your letters in the sand
G        C    G         Am
For the day I take your hand
       G             D             G
In the land that our grandchildren knew


[Bridge]
| Eb    | Eb    | Cm    | Cm    |
| A     | A     | C     | Gbm C |
| Am    | E     |
| Bb    | Eb Bb Csus4 F | G


[Verse 2]
        D                 Em
In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue
          C         G          D
The volunteers came home that day
         Em                    C
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
             Dsus4     D        G
Though their hearts so heavily weigh

         D                             Ebdim
For the earth is old and grey, little darling, we'll away
       Em                Am
But my love this cannot be
       G                                D
For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
     C         Em  C          D     C       G  D
Your mother's eyes from your eyes - cry to me


[Chorus]
          G                          C           G
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
          G               D
Don't you hear me calling you
           G       B7     Em
Write your letters in the sand
G        C    G         Am
For the day I take your hand
       G             D             G    D
In the land that our grandchildren knew

          G                          C           G
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
          G               D
Don't you hear me calling you
         G       B7     Em
All your letters in the sand
G       C      G         Am
Cannot heal me like your hand
       Em           D           G
For my life, still ahead, pity me


[Outro]
| G  D  | Em C  | Cmaj7 D  | G