'39

Words and music by Brian May

Note on the studio version of this song there are two guitars. This is an approximation for playing it on just one. Use a capo on the first fret.

intro
X X X X Am Am Am Am
G G

   G       D      Em        C     G    D   C      G
---3-------2------0----0----0-----3----2---0------3------
---3-------3------0----0----1-----3----3---1------3------
---0-------2------0----0----0-----0----2---0------0------
---0-----0-0------2----2----2-----0--0-0---2-0_2--0------
---2-2_3--------2-2--2-2--3-3-----2--------3------2------
-3------------------------------3-3---------------3------


   G       D      Em        C     G  D           G G G G
---3-------2------0----0----0-----3--2---------  (folk strum)
---3-------3------0----0----1-----3--3---------
---0-------2------0----0----0-----0--0---------
---0-----0-0------2----2----2-----0-----3-2-0--
---2-2_3--------2-2--2-2--3-3-----2------------
-3------------------------------3-3------------


G (pickup chord)  D                         Em
         In the   year of '39.... Assembled here the volunteers

        C~       G          D              Em          Em7 
In the days when lands were few   Here the ship sailed out into the

C~                    D(add G) Dmaj       G 
Blue and sunny morn   Sweetest sight ever seen.

G   D                           B7
And night followed day, and the story tellers say

         Em                   Am    (then passing notes C B A F#)
That the score brave souls inside

    G                         D 
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas

C            Em    C     D       C  (G) D------
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried.

          G                           C            G
Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away,

G                         D
Don't you hear me calling you

               G      F#/G   Em    D      C    B/G        Am  
Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand

        Em           D             G
In the land that our grandchildren knew.

In the C~, I add D&G on top:

|--3
|--3
|--0
|--2
|--3
|--X

Likewise, the D add G is

|--3   (where you add the G)
|--3
|--2
|--0
|--X
|--X


Notes:

I often play Amin7 rather than plain Amin.

The odd chords listed in the chorus I play:

F#/G                B/G

|--3                |--3
|--3                |--3
|--0                |--0
|--0                |--0
|--0                |--2
|--2                |--X

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