1919
Words by J. Keirn Brennan Music by Ernest R. Ball (Info)
8-Bar Intro
Verse 1
8-Bar Intro
Verse 1
Ab E7 Ab
E7 Ab
IS THE STRUG-GLE AND STRIFE WE FIND IN THIS LIFE
Eb7
Ab
REAL-LY WORTH WHILE, AF-TER ALL?
E7 Ab
Cm G7 Cm
I'VE BEEN WISH-ING TO-DAY I COULD JUST RUN A-WAY
Abm Eb Bb7
Eb7
OUT WHERE THE WEST WINDS CALL.
Verse 2
Ab E7 Ab
E7 Ab
IS THE FU-TURE TO HOLD JUST STRUG-GLES FOR GOLD,
Eb7
Ab
WHILE THE REAL WORLD WAITS OUT-SIDE,
E7 Ab
Cm G7 Cm
A-WAY OUT ON THE BREAST OF THE WON-DER-FUL WEST,
Abm Eb Bb
Eb7
A - CROSS THE GREAT DI-VIDE?
Chorus
Ab
Eb7
WITH SOME ONE LIKE YOU, A PAL GOOD AND TRUE,
Ab
I'D LIKE TO LEAVE IT ALL BE-HIND AND GO AND FIND
Ab7 Db
Ab F7
SOME PLACE THAT'S KNOWN TO GOD A-LONE,
Bb7 Eb
Bb7 Eb7
JUST A SPOT TO CALL OUR OWN.
Eb+ Ab
Eb7
WE'LL FIND PER-FECT PEACE, WHERE JOYS NEV-ER CEASE,
C7
OUT THERE BE-NEATH A KIND-LY SKY,
Ab
Eb7
WE'LL BUILD A SWEET LIT-TLE NEST SOME-WHERE IN THE WEST,
Ab
AND LET THE REST OF THE WORLD GO BY.
PARODY
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I WENT TO A BALL WHERE THE
GOWNS WERE CUT LOW,
THEY WERE HELD UP BY A STRAP.
THERE WAS ONE LA-DY THERE
THAT I DO DE-CLARE
WAS DRESSED UP LIKE A MAP!
ON HER FACE WAS IT-A-LY,
ON HER NECK WAS GREECE YOU SEE
ON ONE ARM TURK-I-STAN,
ON THE OTHER OLD SI-AM
AND JUST BE-LOW WAS MEX-I-CO,
A-ROUND HERE WAIST WAS U-NI-TED
STATES
ON ONE LEG THERE WAS FRANCE,
I THOUGHT I'D TAKE A CHANCE
OUT THERE BE-NEATH THE KIND-LY
SKY
HO-LY SMOKES! THERE COMES
MY WIFE,
AND SO TO SAVE MY LIFE
I LET THE REST OF THE WORLD
GO BY