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Bm G D
Oh I'm sailin' away my own true love
Bm A/C# D
I'm sailin' away in the morning
Bm G D
is there something I can send you from across the sea
Bm A/C# D
From the place that I'll be landing?
Bm G D
No, there's nothin' you can send me, my own true love
Bm A/C# D
There's nothin' I wish to be ownin'
Bm G D
Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled
Bm A/C# D
From across that lonesome ocean.
Bm G D
Oh, but I just thought you might want something fine
Bm A/C# D
Made of silver or of golden
Bm G D
Either from the mountains of Madrid
Bm A/C# D
Or from the coast of Barcelona?
Bm G D
Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night
Bm A/C# D
And the diamonds from the deepest ocean
Bm G D
I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss
Bm A/C# D
For that's all I'm wishin' to be ownin'.
Bm G D
That I might be gone a long time
Bm A/C# D
And it's only that I'm askin'
Bm G D
Is there something I can send you to remember me by
Bm A/C# D
To make your time more easy passin'?
Bm G D
Oh, how can, how can you ask me again
Bm A/C# D
It only brings me sorrow
Bm G D
But the same thing I would want today
Bm A/C# D
I would want again tomorrow.
Bm G D
When I got a letter on a lonesome day
Bm A/C# D
It was from her ship a-sailin'
Bm G D
Saying I don't know when I'll be comin' back again
Bm A/C# D
It depends on how I'm a-feelin'.
Bm G D
Well, if you, my love, must think that-a-way
Bm A/C# D
I'm sure your mind is roamin'
Bm G D
I'm sure your thoughts are not with me
Bm A/C# D
But with the country to where you're goin'.
Bm G D
So take heed, take heed of the western wind
Bm A/C# D
Take heed of the stormy weather
Bm G D
And yes, there's something you can send back to me
Bm A/C# D
Spanish boots of Spanish leather.