Sayonara Nakamura Chords by Ted Egan
Tempo:
94.55 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
When the luggers all sailed away from Roebuck Bay on that fateful day,
The diver on the P-19 was [B] Nakamura.
[E] Not yet twenty-one from the land of the rising sun,
His homeland was the island Okinawa.
In the deepest holes of the Lassabee choals, To fulfil the pearling master's goals,
Went the diver from the P-19, young [B] Nakamura.
[E] His quest for the lustrous pearl, as strong as his love for the beautiful girl,
He'd wed when he returned to Okinawa.
But it's goodbye now, farewell.
[A] Say goodbye to [E] Okinawa,
For today they'll bury you in [B] West Australia.
[E] You will never be as one [A] with the land of the [E] rising sun.
Sayonara, Sayonara, Nakamura.
From the west came a tropical squall, and the mercury began to fall,
For deep, fathoms deep [B] was Nakamura.
[E] Set sail no time to stage, for the storm began to rage,
So they dragged to the surface the boy from Okinawa.
The agony's in his eyes, and on the layman cries,
He knows that the bends have got young [B] Nakamura.
[E] Helplessly they cursed, as the diver's lungs near burst,
And he died on the deck, the boy from Okinawa.
And it's goodbye now, farewell.
Say goodbye to Okinawa,
For today they'll bury you in West Australia.
[B] [E] You will never be as one [A] with the land of the [E] rising sun.
Sayonara, Sayonara, Nakamura.
To the diver's cemetery of brood, bearing gifts all deep in gloom,
They walked with the body of the diver, [B] Nakamura.
[E] Headstones face the west, a thousand divers lie at rest,
And they're joined today by the boy from Okinawa.
And it's goodbye now, farewell.
Say [A] goodbye to [E] Okinawa,
For today they'll bury you in [B] West Australia.
[E] You will never be as one [A] with the land of the rising [E] sun.
Sayonara, Sayonara, Nakamura.
And it's goodbye now, farewell.
[A]
Sayonara, [E] Okinawa.
Kimi ga nemuru chi ni, West [B] Australia.
[E] Mou kaerenu sokoku ni, [A] Itoshiki
[E] furusato.
Sayonara, Sayonara, Nakamura.
The diver on the P-19 was [B] Nakamura.
[E] Not yet twenty-one from the land of the rising sun,
His homeland was the island Okinawa.
In the deepest holes of the Lassabee choals, To fulfil the pearling master's goals,
Went the diver from the P-19, young [B] Nakamura.
[E] His quest for the lustrous pearl, as strong as his love for the beautiful girl,
He'd wed when he returned to Okinawa.
But it's goodbye now, farewell.
[A] Say goodbye to [E] Okinawa,
For today they'll bury you in [B] West Australia.
[E] You will never be as one [A] with the land of the [E] rising sun.
Sayonara, Sayonara, Nakamura.
From the west came a tropical squall, and the mercury began to fall,
For deep, fathoms deep [B] was Nakamura.
[E] Set sail no time to stage, for the storm began to rage,
So they dragged to the surface the boy from Okinawa.
The agony's in his eyes, and on the layman cries,
He knows that the bends have got young [B] Nakamura.
[E] Helplessly they cursed, as the diver's lungs near burst,
And he died on the deck, the boy from Okinawa.
And it's goodbye now, farewell.
Say goodbye to Okinawa,
For today they'll bury you in West Australia.
[B] [E] You will never be as one [A] with the land of the [E] rising sun.
Sayonara, Sayonara, Nakamura.
To the diver's cemetery of brood, bearing gifts all deep in gloom,
They walked with the body of the diver, [B] Nakamura.
[E] Headstones face the west, a thousand divers lie at rest,
And they're joined today by the boy from Okinawa.
And it's goodbye now, farewell.
Say [A] goodbye to [E] Okinawa,
For today they'll bury you in [B] West Australia.
[E] You will never be as one [A] with the land of the rising [E] sun.
Sayonara, Sayonara, Nakamura.
And it's goodbye now, farewell.
[A]
Sayonara, [E] Okinawa.
Kimi ga nemuru chi ni, West [B] Australia.
[E] Mou kaerenu sokoku ni, [A] Itoshiki
[E] furusato.
Sayonara, Sayonara, Nakamura.
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _
When the luggers all sailed away from Roebuck Bay on that fateful day,
The diver on the P-19 was [B] Nakamura. _ _
[E] Not yet twenty-one from the land of the rising sun,
His homeland was the island _ Okinawa. _
_ _ _ In the deepest holes of the Lassabee choals, To fulfil the pearling master's goals,
Went the diver from the P-19, young [B] Nakamura.
_ _ [E] His quest for the lustrous pearl, as strong as his love for the beautiful girl,
He'd wed when he returned to Okinawa.
But it's goodbye now, farewell.
_ _ [A] Say goodbye to [E] Okinawa,
_ For today they'll bury you in [B] West Australia. _
_ _ _ _ [E] You will never be as one _ [A] with the land of the [E] rising sun.
_ Sayonara, _ _ _ Sayonara, _ Nakamura. _
_ _ _ _ From the west came a tropical squall, and the mercury began to fall,
For deep, fathoms deep [B] was Nakamura.
_ [E] Set sail no time to stage, for the storm began to rage,
So they dragged to the surface the boy from Okinawa.
_ _ The agony's in his eyes, and on the layman cries,
He knows that the bends have got young [B] Nakamura.
_ _ [E] _ Helplessly they cursed, as the diver's lungs near burst,
And he died on the deck, the boy from Okinawa.
_ And it's goodbye now, farewell.
_ Say goodbye _ to Okinawa,
_ For today _ they'll bury you in West Australia. _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] You will never be as one _ [A] with the land of the [E] rising sun.
_ _ Sayonara, _ _ _ Sayonara, _ Nakamura. _
_ _ _ _ To the diver's cemetery of brood, bearing gifts all deep in gloom,
They walked with the body of the diver, [B] Nakamura.
_ _ [E] Headstones face the west, a thousand divers lie at rest,
And they're joined today by the boy from Okinawa.
And it's goodbye now, farewell.
_ _ Say [A] goodbye to [E] Okinawa,
_ For today they'll bury you in [B] West Australia. _
_ _ _ _ [E] You will never be as one _ [A] with the land of the rising [E] sun.
_ _ Sayonara, _ _ Sayonara, _ _ Nakamura. _
_ _ _ And it's goodbye now, farewell.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
Sayonara, [E] _ Okinawa.
Kimi ga nemuru chi ni, West [B] Australia. _
_ _ _ _ [E] Mou kaerenu sokoku _ ni, _ [A] Itoshiki _
[E] furusato.
_ _ Sayonara, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Sayonara, _ _ _ _ _ _ Nakamura. _
When the luggers all sailed away from Roebuck Bay on that fateful day,
The diver on the P-19 was [B] Nakamura. _ _
[E] Not yet twenty-one from the land of the rising sun,
His homeland was the island _ Okinawa. _
_ _ _ In the deepest holes of the Lassabee choals, To fulfil the pearling master's goals,
Went the diver from the P-19, young [B] Nakamura.
_ _ [E] His quest for the lustrous pearl, as strong as his love for the beautiful girl,
He'd wed when he returned to Okinawa.
But it's goodbye now, farewell.
_ _ [A] Say goodbye to [E] Okinawa,
_ For today they'll bury you in [B] West Australia. _
_ _ _ _ [E] You will never be as one _ [A] with the land of the [E] rising sun.
_ Sayonara, _ _ _ Sayonara, _ Nakamura. _
_ _ _ _ From the west came a tropical squall, and the mercury began to fall,
For deep, fathoms deep [B] was Nakamura.
_ [E] Set sail no time to stage, for the storm began to rage,
So they dragged to the surface the boy from Okinawa.
_ _ The agony's in his eyes, and on the layman cries,
He knows that the bends have got young [B] Nakamura.
_ _ [E] _ Helplessly they cursed, as the diver's lungs near burst,
And he died on the deck, the boy from Okinawa.
_ And it's goodbye now, farewell.
_ Say goodbye _ to Okinawa,
_ For today _ they'll bury you in West Australia. _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] You will never be as one _ [A] with the land of the [E] rising sun.
_ _ Sayonara, _ _ _ Sayonara, _ Nakamura. _
_ _ _ _ To the diver's cemetery of brood, bearing gifts all deep in gloom,
They walked with the body of the diver, [B] Nakamura.
_ _ [E] Headstones face the west, a thousand divers lie at rest,
And they're joined today by the boy from Okinawa.
And it's goodbye now, farewell.
_ _ Say [A] goodbye to [E] Okinawa,
_ For today they'll bury you in [B] West Australia. _
_ _ _ _ [E] You will never be as one _ [A] with the land of the rising [E] sun.
_ _ Sayonara, _ _ Sayonara, _ _ Nakamura. _
_ _ _ And it's goodbye now, farewell.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
Sayonara, [E] _ Okinawa.
Kimi ga nemuru chi ni, West [B] Australia. _
_ _ _ _ [E] Mou kaerenu sokoku _ ni, _ [A] Itoshiki _
[E] furusato.
_ _ Sayonara, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Sayonara, _ _ _ _ _ _ Nakamura. _
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