I've searched the net for this tab, but the ones I found wasn't quite right to my
ear, so this a modified version of what I've found so far.
I prefer to play this one with a capo on first
***CHORUS***
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* D A G A *
* I've got-ta leave old Durham Town *
* D G A D *
* I've got-ta leave old Durham Town *
* D F#m Bm Gm *
* I've got-ta leave old Durham Town *
* D A D *
* and that leavin's gonna get me down *
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DAGA
Back in nineteen forty four
BmF#mBmF#m
I remember Daddy walkin out the door
DAGABm
mom-ma told me he was goin to the war, he was leavin
F#mA
leavin leavin leavin leavin me
***CHORUS
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/roger_whittaker/durham_town_crd.html )
DAGA
When I was a boy I spent my time
BmF#mBmF#m
sittin on the banks of the river Tyne
DAGABm
whatchin' all the ships goin down the line, they were leavin
F#mA
leavin leavin leavin leavin me
***CHORUS
DAGA
Last week momma passed a-way
BmF#mBmF#m
"good bye son" is all she'd say
DAGABm
"there,s no call for me to stay so I'm leavin
F#mA
leavin leavin leavin leavin free
/::
DAGA
I've gotta leave old Durham Town
DGAD
I've gotta leave old Durham Town
DF#mBmGm
I've gotta leave old Durham Town
DA
and that leavins gonna get me
::/
DAGA
La lala-la la lala la
DGAD
la lala-la la lala la
DF#mBmGm
la lala-la la lala lala
DAD
lala lalalala lalala-la
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