A catchy tune originally by The Proclaimers, it has a really cool vibe to it and is a lovely melody to play. It’s nice and easy making it perfect for beginners -I hope you enjoy the letter notes 🙂
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GÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â GÂ Â ^EÂ Â ^DÂ Â ^CÂ Â BÂ Â Â ^C
When you go will you send back
^C ^D-^CÂ ^GÂ ^F-^E-^D-^C
A letter from America?
GÂ Â Â Â GÂ Â ^EÂ ^DÂ ^CÂ Â BÂ Â ^C
Take a look up the rail track
BÂ ^C-^D-^CÂ Â BÂ Â A-B-^C
From Miami to Canada
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^CÂ Â Â ^CÂ Â ^CÂ Â ^CÂ ^A-^G
Broke off from my work
^C ^C-^C ^A
The other day
^C    ^C  ^C-^C   A – A    A-A
Spent the evening thinking about
^AÂ ^GÂ Â ^GÂ Â ^GÂ Â Â ^CÂ Â ^C-^C-A
All the blood that flowed away ~
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^C-^C ^C ^A-^G-^C
Across the ocean
^CÂ Â ^CÂ ^C-^CÂ Â ^A
To the second chance
^C ^C-^C ^C ^CÂ B ^C
I wonder how it got on
^CÂ Â Â Â ^CÂ Â Â ^DÂ Â Â ^DÂ Â Â ^D-^CÂ Â ^C
When it reached the promised land?
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GÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â GÂ Â ^EÂ Â ^DÂ Â ^CÂ Â BÂ Â Â ^C
When you go will you send back
^C ^D-^CÂ ^GÂ ^F-^E-^D-^C
A letter from America?
GÂ Â Â Â GÂ Â ^EÂ ^DÂ ^CÂ Â BÂ Â ^C
Take a look up the rail track
BÂ ^C-^D-^CÂ Â BÂ Â A-B-^C
From Miami to Canada
Â
^CÂ Â Â ^CÂ Â ^CÂ ^CÂ ^A-^G
I’ve looked at the ocean
^CÂ Â Â ^CÂ Â ^CÂ Â ^G-^G-^G
Tried hard to imagine
^CÂ Â ^CÂ Â ^CÂ Â ^CÂ Â ^CÂ Â AÂ Â AÂ Â Â Â A
The way you felt the day you sailed
^GÂ Â Â Â Â ^A-^GÂ Â ^G ^GÂ ^C-^CÂ ^C
From Wester Ross to Nova Scotia…
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^CÂ Â Â ^CÂ Â Â ^CÂ Â Â ^AÂ Â ^G-^C
We should have held you
^CÂ Â Â ^CÂ Â Â ^CÂ Â ^AÂ Â ^C
We should have told you
^CÂ Â ^CÂ Â ^CÂ Â ^CÂ Â ^CÂ Â ^CÂ Â B-^C
But you know our sense of timing
^CÂ Â ^D-^DÂ ^CÂ Â ^CÂ Â ^C
We always wait too long
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GÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â GÂ Â ^EÂ Â ^DÂ Â ^CÂ Â BÂ Â Â ^C
When you go will you send back
^C ^D-^CÂ ^GÂ ^F-^E-^D-^C
A letter from America?
GÂ Â Â Â GÂ Â ^EÂ ^DÂ ^CÂ Â BÂ Â ^C
Take a look up the rail track
BÂ ^C-^D-^CÂ Â BÂ Â A-B-^C
From Miami to Canada
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B-^C-^CÂ Â ^CÂ Â B
Lochaber no more
^C-^C-^CÂ Â ^CÂ Â B
Sutherland no more
^C-^C ^DÂ Â B
Lewis no more
^CÂ Â ^CÂ Â A-G
Skye no more…
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