| 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
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  | Cm  | 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
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


[Outro]
           G                          C
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
Can not heal me like your your hand
        Em          D           G
For my life, still ahead, pity me