Farewell To Nova Scotia Chords

KeyC Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays456

Farewell To Nova Scotia by Bruce Guthro is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, D, G, Em and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
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Intro: 
C D C D C D C D 

Verse 
    G       C       D      G 
The sun was setting in the west 
        Em         C          Bm    Em    Em 
And the birds were singing on every tree 
     G     D 
All nature seemed inclined for a rest 
    Em          C       Bm      C      D 
But still there was no rest for me 

     C 
So Farewell to Nova Scotia 
     G         
your sea-bound coast 
        Em        C            Bm        Em    Em 
To your mountains dark to your hills and streams 
     G          D 
I am bound far away on the briny ocean tossed 
         Em           C          Bm       C      D 
Will you ever heave a sigh and a wish for me 

Solo 
C      C      G      G 
Em     C      Bm     Em     Em 
G      D      D      D 
Em     C      Bm     C      D 

Verse 
    G             C       D         G 
The drums they do beat to war the alarm 
     Em      C        Bm    Em    Em 
The captain calls, we must obey 
       G               D 
So farewell, fare thee well To your Nova Scotian charms 
      Em          C            Bm         C      D 
It’s early in the morning I am bound far away 

Verse 
  G         C        D      G 
I grieve to leave my native land 
   Em       C        Bm       Em     Em 
I grieve to leave my comrades all 
       G        D 
And my parents whom I love so dear 
        Em           C           Bm   C      D 
And the bonny, bonny lass that I do  adore 

Solo 
C      C      G      G 
Em     C      Bm     Em     Em 
G      D      D      D 
Em     C      Bm     C      D 

     C 
So Farewell to Nova Scotia 
     G         
your sea-bound coast 
        Em        C            Bm        Em    Em 
To your mountains dark to your hills and streams 
     G          D 
I am bound far away on the briny ocean tossed 
         Em           C          Bm       C      D          C      D     G 
Will you ever heave a sigh and a wish for me          for   me 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante