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