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/E 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/E 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/E 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/E 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/E 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/E 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/E 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.