Verse
B E B
Oh it's fare thee well my darlin' true,
B E F#
I'm leavin' in the first hour of the morn.
B E B
I'm bound off for the bay of Mexico
B F# B
Or maybe the coast of Californ.
F# E/G# B
So it's fare thee well my one true love,
B E B F#
We'll meet another day, another time.
B
It ain't the leavin'
E B
That's a-grievin' me
B F# B
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
[Verse 2]
B E B
Oh the weather is against me and the wind blows hard
B E F#
And the rain she's a-turnin' into hail.
B E B
I still might strike it lucky on a highway goin' west,
B F# B
Though I'm travelin' on a path beaten trail.
F# E/G# B
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
B E B F#
We'll meet another day, another time.
B
It ain't the leavin'
E B
That's a-grievin' me
B F# B
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
[Verse 3]
B E B
I will write you a letter from time to time,
B E F#
As I'm ramblin' you can travel with me too.
B E B
With my head, my heart and my hands, my love,
B F# B
I will send what I learn back home to you.
F# E/G# B
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
B E B F#
We'll meet another day, another time.
B
It ain't the leavin'
E B
That's a-grievin' me
B F# B
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
[Verse 4]
B E B
I will tell you of the laughter and of troubles,
B E F#
Be them somebody else's or my own.
B E B
With my hands in my pockets and my coat collar high,
B F# B
I will travel unnoticed and unknown.
F# E/G# B
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
B E B F#
We'll meet another day, another time.
B
It ain't the leavin'
E B
That's a-grievin' me
B F# B
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
[Verse 5]
B E B
I've heard tell of a town where I might as well be bound,
B E F#
It's down around the old Mexican plains.
B E B
They say that the people are all friendly there
B F# B
And all they ask of you is your name.
F# E/G# B
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
B E B F#
We'll meet another day, another time.
B
It ain't the leavin'
E B
That's a-grievin' me
B F# B
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
The difficult way!
Chords:
B x02225 (half barre)
E/B x04230 (half barre)
F# 022100
E/G# 200232
B
B E/B B
Oh it's fare thee well my darlin' true,
B E/B F#
I'm leavin' in the first hour of the morn.
B E/B B
I'm bound off for the bay of Mexico
B F# B
Or maybe the coast of Californ.
F# E/G# B
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
B E/B B F#
We'll meet another day, another time.
B
It ain't the leavin'
E/B B
That's a-grievin' me
B F# B
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.