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