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