Diamantina Drover < Songs > Edelweiss
By: Roger Whittaker, 1969
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Durham Town (the leaving)
| 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 | leavings gonna | get me | down |
| C | G | F | G |
| I remember | back in | forty- | four |
| C | E | Am | E |
| I remember | Daddy walking | out the | door |
| C | G | F | G | Am | Am |
| Mama told | me he was | going to | war, he was | leaving | |
| E | E | E |
| leaving, leaving, | leaving, leaving | me |
| C | G | F | G |
| When | I was a | boy, I | spent my | time |
| C | E | Am | E |
| Sitting on the | banks of the | river | Tyne |
| C | G | F | G | Am | Am |
| Watching all the | ships going | down the | line, they were | leaving | |
| E | E | E |
| Leaving, leaving, | leaving, leaving | me |
| C | G | F | G |
| Last week | Mama | passed | away |
| C | E | Am | E |
| Goodbye, | son, was | all she'd | say |
| C | G | F | G | Am |
| There's no | cause for | me to | stay so I'm | leaving |
| E | E | E |
| leaving, leaving, | leaving, leaving | free |
This is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
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