{"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":554959,"song":"Farewell To Nova Scotia","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/554959-farewell-to-nova-scotia-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/554959?type=chord","rating":4.54946,"votes":55,"content":"Farewell nova scotia\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe sun was sinking down in the west[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThe birds were singing on every tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAll nature seemed to be at rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C#m[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBut still there was no rest for me[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFarewell to Nova Scotia[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe sea-bound coast\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nmay your mountains dark and dreary be[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor when I am far away[/tab]\r\n\r\nOn the briny ocean tossed\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWill you ever heave a sigh[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nand a wish for me[/tab]\r\n\r\nI grieve to leave my native land\r\nI grieve to leave my comrades all\r\nAnd my aged loving parents whom I held so dear\r\nAnd the bonny, bonny lass\r\nwho I do adore\r\n\r\nI have three brothers and they are at rest\r\nTheir arms are folded on their chests\r\nBut a poor, weary sailor the likes of me\r\nMust be tossed and forgotten\r\nOn the deep, blue sea","plain_text":"Farewell nova scotia\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\nThe sea-bound coast\n\n\n\nOn the briny ocean tossed\n\n\n\nI grieve to leave my native land\nI grieve to leave my comrades all\nAnd my aged loving parents whom I held so dear\nAnd the bonny, bonny lass\nwho I do adore\n\nI have three brothers and they are at rest\nTheir arms are folded on their chests\nBut a poor, weary sailor the likes of me\nMust be tossed and forgotten\nOn the deep, blue sea","chords":["A","F#m","E","D","C#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}