Melba From Melbourne lyrics and chords

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Melba From Melbourne
Written and recorded by Marty Robbins
 
C                               F
Once I got a silly notion to go out across the ocean
C                                 G7
The future for me didn't look too bright
   C                             F
So I signed up with a tanker got on board and raised the anchor
C                            G7               C
Stood and watched the Golden Gate fade out of sight

                                     F
Nineteen days and nights we traveled through stormy seas we battled
C                                  G7
Till we landed in on Australia far away
    C                                      F
Far from friends and San Francisco and the Miss I thought I’d miss so
C                        G7                   C
Till I stepped ashore of Melbourne that first day

           F                        C
Then I met Melba from Melbourne she made my heart yearn
G7                          C
She made my tears flow like wine
    F                    C
She let me kiss her then made me miss her
      G7                   C
Cause Melba could never be mine

                                         F
So in love but couldn't get her cared so much I couldn't forget her
C                                         G7
I fell in love just a little bit more and more
C                                   F
There I was just like I started all alone and broken hearted
C                  G7              C
I recall the day I left Australian shore

                                F
I was standing there and trying so hard to keep from crying
C                                        G7
The more I tried the more my tears would show
C                                  F
When a soft breeze seem to whisper it's the end you better kiss her
C                    G7               C
So I kissed her then I turned away to go

            F                        C
Then I left Melba from Melbourne she made my heart yearn
G7                          C
She made my tears flow like wine
F                          C
She wouldn't leave there I couldn't stay there
   G7                   C
So Melba could never be mine

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