Far Americay

(CAPO ON 5TH FRET) Intro: G //// C//// G//// C//// G/CCCC//// G C I asked what he was thinking but he hadn't much to say G C The revelry died down now, we'd reached the break of day G C God knows it's not for glory, son, we just have to make some room G C //// Oh, my heart would surely break for you, sweet treasure of my womb G D/F# Em Em D C //// With four and twenty shillings, we sent him on his way G D/F# Em D // Now my blood runs through the mountains D G/C//// Of Far Americay G C From a Rocky Mountain mine camp came a message here tonight G C He says the mountain gives him hope these days to break the reach of night G C Says to tell the young ones that he seldom sees the moon G C // But the noise would wake the dead out there, he'll send some money soon G D/F# Em Em D C//// There's light down in those tunnels, Oh, it's gonna' be okay G D/F# Em D C// My blood slips through the mountains D D//// Of Far Americay. AGCDG//// G C From a Rocky Moutain mine camp came a letter here today G C He says the winds of change are blowin' a little warmer every day G C That he fell in love with liberty, a girl we all once knew Em Am G/B C //// She comes from good people, and he said she loves him too G D/F# Em That blood ran down those rivers Em D C//// What a heavy price to pay G D/F# Em D So far now from the ocean C D Em/C// In Far Americay D EmC/// In Far Americay C C/B Am D G/C//// How young love it meanders through Far Americay Repeat G//// and C //// many times until fade out