Artist: | The Dubliners (English) |
User: | Klaus Peter |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
Leaving Nancy
Written by Eric Bogle as a farewell to his mother while
emigrating from Scotland to Australia.
The Dubliners' version is sung by Ronnie Drew
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D G Em
In comes the train and the whole platform shakes,
A A7 D
It stops with a shudder,and a screaming of brakes,
D G Em
The parting has come,and my weary soul aches,
A A7 D
I'm leaving my Nancy-o
D G Em
[2]But you stand there so calmly de-terminedly gay,
A A7 D
And you talk of the weather and e-vents of the day,
D G Em
But your eyes tell me all that your tongue doesn't say,
A A7 D
Goodbye my Nancy-o
[Chorus]
D G
And come a little closer,
A A7 D
Put your head upon my shoulder,
D G Em
And let me hold you one more time,
A A7 D
Before the whistle blows.
D G Em
[3]My suitcase is lifted and stowed on the train,
A A7 D
And a thousand regrets whirl a-round in my brain,
D G Em
And the ache in my heart is a black sea of pain,
A A7 D
I'm leaving my Nancy-o
D G Em
[4] And you stand there so calmly so lovely to see,
A A7 D
But the grip of your hand is an unspoken plea,
D G Em
Your not fooling yourself,and your not fooling me,
A A7 D
Good-bye my Nancy-o
[Chorus]
D G
And come a little closer,
A A7 D
Put your head upon my shoulder,
D G Em
And let me hold you one more time,
A A7 D
Before the whistle blows.
D G Em
[5]For our time has run out and the whistle has blown,
A A7 D
And here I must leave you standing alone,
D G Em
We have so little time and now the time has gone
A A7 D
Good-bye my Nancy-o
D G Em
[6]And as the train starts gently to roll,
A A7 D
And as I lean out to wave and to call,
D G Em
I see your first tears,trickle and fall,
A A7 D
Good-bye my Nancy-o
[Chorus]
D G
And come a little closer,
A A7 D
Put your head upon my shoulder,
D G Em
And let me hold you one more time,
A A7 D
Before the whistle blows.