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