Durham Town (The Leavin')

artist:Roger Whittaker

, writer:Roger Whittaker

Chords:

 {t:Durham Town (The Leavin')}
{artist: Roger Whittaker}
{key: G}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9XcuN5hZwk Capo 1
{c: Thanks Paul Rose}
[C] I've got-ta [G] leave old [F] Durham [G] Town 
[C] I've got-ta [F] leave old [G] Durham [C] Town 
[C] I've got-ta [Em] leave old [Am] Durham [Fm] Town 
and that [C] leavin's gonna [G] get me [C] down 
{c: } 
[C] Back in [G] nineteen [F] forty [G] four  
[Am] I remember [Em] Daddy walkin [Am] out the [Em] door 
[C] mom-ma told [G] me he was [F] goin' to the [G] war, he was [Am] leavin' 
[Em] leavin' leavin' leavin' leavin'  [G]  me       
{c: } 
[C] I've got-ta [G] leave old [F] Durham [G] Town 
[C] I've got-ta [F] leave old [G] Durham [C] Town 
[C] I've got-ta [Em] leave old [Am] Durham [Fm] Town 
and that [C] leavin's gonna [G] get me [C] down  
{c: } 
When [C] I was a [G] boy I [F] spent my [G] time  
[Am] sittin' on the [Em] banks of the [Am] river [Em] Tyne 
[C] whatchin' all the [G] ships goin' [F] down the [G] line, they were [Am] leavin'      
[Em] leavin' leavin' leavin' leavin'   [G] me        
{c: } 
[C] I've got-ta [G] leave old [F] Durham [G] Town 
[C] I've got-ta [F] leave old [G] Durham [C] Town 
[C] I've got-ta [Em] leave old [Am] Durham [Fm] Town 
and that [C] leavin's gonna [G] get me [C] down 
{c: }
[C] Last week [G] momma [F] passed a-[G] way  
[Am] "good bye [Em] son" is [Am] all she'd [Em] say 
[C] "there's no [G] call for [F] me to [G] stay so I'm [Am] leavin'  
[Em] leavin' leavin' leavin' leavin' [G] free       
{c: } 
[C] I've got-ta [G] leave old [F] Durham [G] Town 
[C] I've got-ta [F] leave old [G] Durham [C] Town 
[C] I've got-ta [Em] leave old [Am] Durham [Fm] Town 
and that [C] leavin's gonna [G] get me [C] down 
{c: } 
[C] I've got-ta [G] leave old [F] Durham [G] Town 
[C] I've got-ta [F] leave old [G] Durham [C] Town 
[C] I've got-ta [Em] leave old [Am] Durham [Fm] Town 
and that [C] leavin's gonna [G] get me [C] down 
{c: } 
[C] La  lala-[G] la   la   [F] lala   [G] la 
[C] la  lala-[F] la   la   [G] lala   [C] la 
[C] la  lala-[Em] la    la  [Am] lala  [Fm] lala 
lala  [C] lalalala   [G] lalala-[C] la

Song Info

Title: Durham Town (The Leavin')

Artist: Roger Whittaker

Writer: Roger Whittaker

Song Types: Folk, Pop

Key: C

Info: "Durham Town (The Leavin')" is a song, written and sung by Roger Whittaker, released as a single in 1969. It spent 18 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 12. In 1976, the song reached No. 8 on Canada's RPM "Pop Music Playlist", while reaching No. 23 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart.

Whittaker's original intent, to set the song in Newcastle, had been abandoned in favour of nearby Durham because Whittaker agreed with his producer that "Durham" simply sounded better. While focusing the song on Newcastle, Whittaker had set its second verse "on the banks of the river Tyne", and as Whittaker had little or no familiarity with his chosen locale for the song he retained the verse with its Tyneside setting for the song's finalized version set in Durham. In fact the Tyne flows eastwards through Newcastle but it is the Wear, 20 miles to the south, which flows through Durham.

Under its original title "The Leaver", the song first appeared on Whittaker's 1969 album release This is...Roger Whittaker, recorded with producer Denis Preston at Preston's studio in Lansdowne House. When the track - renamed "Durham Town (The Leavin')" - was issued as a single in October 1969, Whittaker would recall: "I just didn't have any faith in that song at all. Far from promoting the single in Britain, I went off to Finland for a cabaret season and television appearances." Whittaker returned to Britain in November to find "Durham Town..." ascending the UK Pop chart towards a No. 12 peak in January 1970: on the Irish Singles Chart "Durham Town..." was afforded a chart peak of No. 17

Use Auto-Formated Version?

Whoa! I didn't find any chords in your song -- it's probably not in ChordPro format. Here's the converted version…

No, Thanks!

Don't perform this check again.

Durham Town (The Leavin')

artist:Roger Whittaker

, writer:Roger Whittaker

Edit Song

Song Info

Alts - Is barre easier?

Baritone version of chords?

Use Auto-Formated Version?

Chord Builder