Verse
D# G# D#
Oh it's fare thee well my darlin' true,
D# G# A#
I'm leavin' in the first hour of the morn.
D# G# D#
I'm bound off for the bay of Mexico
D# A# D#
Or maybe the coast of Californ.
A# G#/C D#
So it's fare thee well my one true love,
D# G# D# A#
We'll meet another day, another time.
D#
It ain't the leavin'
G# D#
That's a-grievin' me
D# A# D#
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
[Verse 2]
D# G# D#
Oh the weather is against me and the wind blows hard
D# G# A#
And the rain she's a-turnin' into hail.
D# G# D#
I still might strike it lucky on a highway goin' west,
D# A# D#
Though I'm travelin' on a path beaten trail.
A# G#/C D#
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
D# G# D# A#
We'll meet another day, another time.
D#
It ain't the leavin'
G# D#
That's a-grievin' me
D# A# D#
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
[Verse 3]
D# G# D#
I will write you a letter from time to time,
D# G# A#
As I'm ramblin' you can travel with me too.
D# G# D#
With my head, my heart and my hands, my love,
D# A# D#
I will send what I learn back home to you.
A# G#/C D#
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
D# G# D# A#
We'll meet another day, another time.
D#
It ain't the leavin'
G# D#
That's a-grievin' me
D# A# D#
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
[Verse 4]
D# G# D#
I will tell you of the laughter and of troubles,
D# G# A#
Be them somebody else's or my own.
D# G# D#
With my hands in my pockets and my coat collar high,
D# A# D#
I will travel unnoticed and unknown.
A# G#/C D#
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
D# G# D# A#
We'll meet another day, another time.
D#
It ain't the leavin'
G# D#
That's a-grievin' me
D# A# D#
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
[Verse 5]
D# G# D#
I've heard tell of a town where I might as well be bound,
D# G# A#
It's down around the old Mexican plains.
D# G# D#
They say that the people are all friendly there
D# A# D#
And all they ask of you is your name.
A# G#/C D#
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
D# G# D# A#
We'll meet another day, another time.
D#
It ain't the leavin'
G# D#
That's a-grievin' me
D# A# D#
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
The difficult way!
Chords:
D# x02225 (half barre)
G#/D# x04230 (half barre)
A# 022100
G#/C 200232
D#
D# G#/D# D#
Oh it's fare thee well my darlin' true,
D# G#/D# A#
I'm leavin' in the first hour of the morn.
D# G#/D# D#
I'm bound off for the bay of Mexico
D# A# D#
Or maybe the coast of Californ.
A# G#/C D#
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
D# G#/D# D# A#
We'll meet another day, another time.
D#
It ain't the leavin'
G#/D# D#
That's a-grievin' me
D# A# D#
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.