Chords:
{t:Farewell To Nova Scotia}
{artist: Gordon Lightfoot}
{st:As collected by Helen Creighton (published 1950)}
{key: G}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaE9vlrhX-k
{c: Thanks to Tabor Teft}
The [G] sun was setting in the west
The [Em] birds were singing on ev'ry tree [Em]
All [G] nature [D] seemed inclined to rest
But [Em] still there [D] was no rest for [Em] me [Em]
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[D7] Fare-[G]well to Nova Scotia, the sea-bound coast
Let your [Em] mountains dark and dreary be [Em]
For when [G] I am far a-[D]way on the briny oceans tossed
Will you [Em] ever heave a [D] sigh and a [Em] wish for [Em] me? [Em]
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I [G] grieve to leave my native land
I [Em] grieve to leave my comrades all [Em]
And my [G] aged [D] parents whom I always held so dear
And the [Em] bonnie, bonnie [D] lass that I [Em] do a-[Em]dore [Em] ]
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[D7] Fare-[G]well to Nova Scotia, the sea-bound coast
Let your [Em] mountains dark and dreary be [Em]
For when [G] I am far a-[D]way on the briny oceans tossed
Will you [Em] ever heave a [D] sigh and a [Em] wish for [Em] me? [Em]
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The [G] drums do beat, and the wars do alarm
The [Em] captain calls, we must obey [Em]
So fare- [G] well, fare-[D]well to Nova Scotia's charms
For it's [Em] early in the [D] morning, I am [Em] far, far a-[Em]way [Em]
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[D7] Fare-[G]well to Nova Scotia, the sea-bound coast
Let your [Em] mountains dark and dreary be [Em]
For when [G] I am far a-[D]way on the briny oceans tossed
Will you [Em] ever heave a [D] sigh and a [Em] wish for [Em] me? [Em]
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I [G] have three brothers and they are at rest
Their [Em] arms are folded on their breast [Em]
But a [G] poor simple [D] sailor, just like me
Must be [Em] tossed and [D] driven on the [Em] dark, blue [Em] sea [Em]
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[D7] Fare-[G]well to Nova Scotia, the sea-bound coast
Let your [Em] mountains dark and dreary be [Em]
For when [G] I am far a-[D]way on the briny oceans tossed
Will you [Em] ever heave a [D] sigh and a [Em] wish for [Em] me? [Em]
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