Capo 1

	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	Am
	There's no	cause for	me to	stay so I'm	leaving

	E	E	E
	Leaving, leaving,	leaving, leaving	free