{"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":2804978,"song":"Faithful Sailor Boy","artist":"Bella Hardy","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11638100-faithful-sailor-boy-chords-by-bella-hardy/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2804978?type=chord","rating":0.08463,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was a stormy winter's night, the snow lay on the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA sailor boy stood on the quay his ship was outward bound[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis sweetheart standing by his side shed many a silent tear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd as he pressed her to his breast he whispered in her ear[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFarewell farewell my own true love this parting brings me pain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'll be your own true guiding star when I return again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy thoughts shall be of you, of you when the storms are raging high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo fare ye well, remember me your faithful sailor boy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWithout a gale the ship set sail he kissed his love goodbye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe watched the craft til out of sight and a tear bedimmed her eye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe prayed to Him in heaven above to guide him on his way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis last and loving words that night re-echoed o'er the bay.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFarewell farewell my own true love this parting brings me pain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'll be your own true guiding star when I return again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy thoughts shall be of you, of you when the storms are raging high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo fare ye well, remember me your faithful sailor boy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut sad to say the ship returned without her sailor boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe died whilst on the voyage back, the flag twas half-mast high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when his comrades came ashore they told her he was dead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA letter he had sent to her, and the last line sadly read[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFarewell, farewell my own true love, on Earth we'll meet no more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI soon shall be from storm and sea on that eternal shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI hope to meet you in that land, that land beyond the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere you shall not be parted from your faithful sailor boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD Em G D A D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nD Em G D A D","chords":["D","Em","G","A","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"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]}}}