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