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Introduction:
D
Ten thousand miles away
D
Oh, my true love was beautiful
G
And my true love was gay
Bm D
But she's taken a trip on a Government ship
G A
Bound out for Botany Bay
D
Bound out for Botany Bay, me boys
G
And though she's far away
Bm D
I'll never forget me own true love
G A D
Ten thousand miles away
D
Then blow, ye winds, then blow
Bm A
And a-rovin' I will go
D G
I'll stay no more on England's shore
G
To hear the fiddles play
D G
For I'm on the move to me own true love
A D
Ten thousand miles away
D
Oh, it was a summer's morning
G
When last I seen me Meg
Bm D
She'd a Government band around her hand
G A
And another one round her leg
D
And another one round her leg, me boys
G
As the big ship left the bay
Bm D
"Adieu, me love, remember me
G A D
Ten thousand miles away"
D
Then blow, ye winds, then blow
Bm A
And a-rovin' I will go
D G
I'll stay no more on England's shore
G
To hear the fiddles play
D G
For I'm on the move to me own true love
A D
Ten thousand miles away
D
I wished I was a bosun
G
Or a sailor without fear
Bm D
I'd man a boat and away I'd float
G A
And straight to me true love steer
D
And straight to me true love steer, me boys
G
Where the whales and dolphin the play
Bm D
Where the whales and sharks are havin' their larks
G A D
Ten thousand miles away
D
Then blow, ye winds, then blow
Bm A
And a-rovin' I will go
D G
I'll stay no more on England's shore
G
To hear the fiddles play
D G
For I'm on the move to me own true love
A D
Ten thousand miles away
D
Oh, the sun may shine through the London fog
G
Or the river run quite clear
Bm D
Or the ocean brine turn into wine
G A
Or I forget me beer
D
Or I forget me beer, me boys
G
Or the landlord's quarter-pay
Bm D
But I'll never forget me own true love
G A D
Ten thousand miles away
D
Then blow, ye winds, then blow
N.C.
D G
For I'm on the move to me own true love
A D G A D
Ten thousand miles away