Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

in G

Verse#1:

There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor

tomorrow for ol' England she sails

 far away from your land of endless sunshine

 to my land full of rainy skies and gales

 and I shall be on board that ship tomorrow

though my heart is full of tears at this farewell

Chorus

For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly

 more dearly than the spoken word can tell

for you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly

 more dearly than the spoken word can tell

Verse#2

I heard there's a wicked war a blazing

 and the taste of war I know so very well

 Even no I see that foreign flag a raising

 their guns on fire as we sailed into hell

 I have no fear of death it brings no sorrow

but how bitter will be this last farewell

Chorus

For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly

 more dearly than the spoken word can tell

for you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly

 more dearly than the spoken word can tell

Verse#3:

Though death and darkness gather all about me

 and my ship be torn apart upon the sea

 I shall smell again the fragrance of these islands

 in the heaving waves that brought me once to thee

 and should I return safe home again to England

I shall watch the English mist roll through the dale

Chorus

For you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly

 more dearly than the spoken word can tell

for you are beautiful and I have loved you dearly

 more dearly than the spoken word can tell