| C | C | G | G |
| A7 | D | G | G |

[Verse 1]
G
Dear sweetheart, as I write to you
   C                    G
My heart is filled with pain
G
For if these things I hear are true
     A7             D7
I'll never see you again

[Verse 2]
     G
They tell me darlin', that tonight
C                  B7
You'll wed another man
    C               G
But if you do, I'll tell you true
   A7        D7    G
My boat will never land

[Break]
| G | G | D | D7 |
| D7 | D7 | G | G |
(yodel)

[Interlude]
| G | G | G | G |
| C | C | G | G |
| G | G | G | G |
| A7 | D7 | G | G |

[Verse 3]
G
You promised that you would wait for me
     C                    G
That nothin' could come between
G
That in my arms someday you'd be
   A7                D7
My wife and lovely queen

[Verse 4]
  G
I builded you that cozy home
    C             B7
And made a garden there
    C                G
And planted too with my own hands
      A7      D7       G
Sweet flowers rich and rare

[Break]
| G | G | D | D7 |
| D7 | D7 | G | G |
(yodel)

[Interlude]
| G | G | G | G |
| C | C | G | G |
| G | G | G | G |
| A7 | D7 | G | G |

[Verse 5]
G
My future hopes are placed in you
C                      G
You've been my guiding star
G
Please write and tell me that you're true
       A7                D7
To the sailor who waits afar

[Verse 6]
     G
Just tell me that you love me yet
C                   B7
Still long to be my wife
C               G
I'll return and then we'll wed
    A7     D     G
And live a happy life

[Outro]
| G | G | D | D |
| D7 | D7 | G | G |
| G | G | D7 | D7 |
| D7 | D | G | G |
(yodel)