Durham town       (Listen to sample)

 

  C              G             F           G

I`ve got to leave old Durham town,

 C                F              G          C

I `ve got to leave old Durham town.

                  E             Am         F

I`ve got to leave old Durham town,

              C                        G          C

and the leaving`s gonna get me down.

 

    C                    G          F      G

1. I  remember home in forty-four,

    C                   E                    Am         E

    I remember Daddy walking out the door.

       C             G                 F          G                 Am

    Mama told me he was going to war, he was leaving,

      E

    leaving, leaving, leaving, leaving me, now.    + CHORUS

 

              C            G        F            G

2. When I was a boy, I spent my time,

      C                   E                Am    E

    sitting on the banks of the river side.

       C                       G                 F            G                      Am

    Watching all the ships going down  the line, they were leaving,

      E

    leaving, leaving, leaving, leaving me, now.   + CHORUS

 

            C               G        F            G

3. The last week Mama passed away,

       C             E           Am          E

    good-bye, son, was all she`d say.

        C               G           F        G                Am

    There`s no cause for me to stay, so I`m leaving,

      E

    leaving, leaving, leaving, leaving free, now.  

 

    + CHORUS (2x)           

 

    (Roger Whittaker)