Song Name: | The White Cliffs Of Dover (Diatonic) | By: | Nat Burton & Walter Kent |
Posted By: | harmusman | Difficulty: | Beginner |
Key: | Any | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2010-09-19 16:09:44 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | 1941 Wartime song featured and broadcast by Bebe Daniels also sung by Vera Lynn, the forces sweetheart. Tabbed from key, Eb it is 4/4 time sig. 5 6 6 6 7 7 -7 6 -6 -7 //I'll/nev-er for-get the/peo-ple I met/ -6 -5 6 -6 -6 braving those an-gry/ 6 5 -5 6 6 -7 -6 -7 skies; I re-/mem-ber well as the/ 6 6 5 5 -4 -4 -6 6 -5 sha-dows fell, The/light of hope in their/ 6 6 -5 6 6 -5 5 5 eyes and/Tho' I'm far a-way I/ -4 5 -5 -4 4 4 7~~~~~~~ still can hear them say, "Thumbs//up!"----/ ~~ 4 4 4 -4 -4 -6 5 6 --For when the/dawn comes/up //There'll be//: (Chorus) 7 7 -7 6 4 -6 -6 -6 6 5 4 Blue-birds/ov-er THE/WHITE CLIFFS OF/DOVER, to-/ -5 -5 5 -4 4 -4 5~~~~~~ mor-row,/ just you wait and/see---/ ~~ 5 6 7 7 -7 6 4 - There'll be/love and/laughter and/ -6 -6 -6 6 5 4 -5 -5 peace ev-er/af-ter, to-/mor-row,/ 5 -4 4 -4 4~~~~~~~~ 4 When the world is/free.---/- The/ -6 -5 6 -6 -6 -6 -7 shepherd will tend his/sheep, the/ 6 5 -5 6 6 5 4 val-ley will bloom a-/gain, and/ -6 -5 6 -6 -6 7 -6 -6 7 -7 7 -7 -6 Jimmy will go to/sleep in his/own lit-tle room a/ -4 5 6 7 7 7 6 4 gain. There'll be/Blue-birds ov-er THE/ -6 -6 -6 6 5 4 -5 -5 WHITE CLIFFS OF/DOVER, to-/mor-row,/ 5 -4 4 -4 4~~~~~~~ just you wait and/see---/ (repeat chorus) Additional verse same as first verse tabbing. I may not be near, but/I have no fear,/ His-t'ry will prove it/too, when the/ tale is told 'twill be/as of old for/ truth will al-ways win/through; but/ be I far or near, that/ slo-gan still I'll hear, "Thumbs// up!"-----/-- For when the/dawn comes/up:// There'll be//: Yours Harmusman |