{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1782040,"song":"Ten Thousand Miles Away","artist":"Bellowhead","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11391473-ten-thousand-miles-away-chords-by-bellowhead/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1782040?type=chord","rating":4.66344,"votes":18,"content":"[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                                                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's Ho! for a brave and a gallant ship, With a fair and a favouring' breeze,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWith a bully crew and a captain too To carry me over the seas;[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo carry me over the seas, me lads, To me true love far away,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] \r\nFor I'm taking' a trip on a Government ship Ten thousand miles away.[/tab]\r\n         \r\n[tab]         [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n         And sing blow the winds heigh-ho! A-roving I will go.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n         I'll stay no more on England's shore to hear the music play[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n         I'm off on the morning train and I won't be back again.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n         I'm taking a trip on a government ship Ten thousand miles away.[/tab]\r\n          \r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh me true love, she was beautiful, Me true love, she was fair,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHer eyes were like two diamonds bright And golden was her hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd golden was her hair, me boys As the big ship sailed away[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                     \r\nAnd she said, \"Will you remember me Ten thousand miles away!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, dark and dismal was the day When last I saw me Meg[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nShe'd a Government band around each hand And another one around her leg[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd another one around her leg, me boys As the big ship left the bay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I swore I would be true to her Ten thousand miles away![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, I wish I was a bosun bold Or even a bombardier[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI'd build a boat and away I'd float And straight for me true love's steer;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd straight for me true love steer, me boys Where the dancing dolphins play,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere the whales and sharks have all their larks Ten thousand miles away.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh the sun may shine through the London fog Or the river run quite clear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOr the ocean brine turn into wine Or I'll forget my beer (Oh no!)[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr I'll forget my beer, me lads Or the landlord's quarter-pay[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I won't forget my own true Meg Ten thousand miles away.[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["D","G","C","Em","Am","D7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}