Discovery    (intro)    (sample)

 

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1. Lady love, go back to sleep, dry the tears from your eyes,

             Am                     Em                Dm          - G

    but I cannot stay with thee until the morning,

                  F                                       Am       G            Em                    F

    For the dawn is breaking, and my ship is waiting for me, and I must go,

                     C                  F                      Dm      - G

    but I'll be back, yes, before this year is over.

 

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2. So we sailed across the sea, till we found America,

                      Am                         Em                    Dm       - G

    'round the Cape of Storms we set our sails for home.

                         F                                    Am      G          Em                         F

And when the sea was roaring and the Lord I called to help my drowning men,

                     C                   F                     Dm      - G

    I saw the light, yes, the candle in your window.

 

           C            Em            F              C           Em              F

3. And I have brought you silver, and I have brought you gold

              C       Em        F                   C      - G         

    and spices from the Indies in the hold.

                      C        - Em           F                        C            Em     F

    I've seen ships on        the horizon, that I'd swear were going down,

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    but now I know for certain, the world is round,

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    I have seen,        my eyes have seen.

 

             C            - Em        F           C         Em           F

4. One day says           Galileo, a man will reach the sky,

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    and see the world completely from outside.

             C        Em             F                    C         Em            F

    And gazing down from yonder, on a world of blue and green,

            C            G           F                      C - G         

    he'll say with eyes of wonder, I have see….n,

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    I have seen,        my eyes have seen.

                  F     - G                          C

    I have seen,       my eyes have seen.    (orig. = capo 5th)    (Chris de Burgh)