C G C G

[Verse 1] 
(start singing with the previous G)
       C      G
Fare thee well
           C     G
My own true love
          C          G
Farewell for a while
            C   G
I'm going away
           C     G 
But I'll be back


[Chorus 1]
                  F
Though I go 10,000 miles
      C      G
10,000 miles
           C     G
My own true love
      C              G
10,000 miles or more
              C    G
The rocks may melt
             C       G
And the seas may burn
             F        C G
If I should not return


[Verse 2]
           C     G
Oh, don't you see
              C    G
That lonesome dove?
                C     G
Sitting on an ivy tree
                C   G
She's weeping for
          C      G
Her own true love


[Chorus 2]
                 F       G   F   G
As I shall weep for mine


[Verse 3]
          C     G
Oh, come ye back
         C       G
My own true love
          C             G
And stay a while with me
           C      G
If I had a friend
         C       G
All on this Earth


[Bridge]
                  F        G  F  G
You've been a friend to me
                  F        G
You've been a friend to me
                  F        G
You've been a friend to me


[Outro] 
(single strums)
       C      G
Fare thee well
         C      G
My own true love
          C         G
Farewell for a while
            C
I'm going away