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IT'S  GOOD TO SEE YOU

Time signature:  4/4
Tempo:  depends on performer, from moderately slow to race-track speede.
​
Allan Taylor
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            An Accordion Tune to Learn "BY EAR"
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Lyrics:

​
Sing chorus at beginning and after each of the two verses:

Chorus:   It's good to see you, so good to see you
               Oh how we've missed you since we've been gone
                We've crossed the oceans, traveled through many lands
                And it's good to see you, to be in your home

There is something in me that makes me wander
There is many a land I have to see
And when I'm far away in a land of strangers
But know my good friends think on me
​
Oh it's a wonder when it comes to friendship
No matter how far away, no matter how long
There's a constant thread that's never broken
And it ties me to my friends at home.

GUITAR Strumming Accompaniment
​
CHORDS for the most
popular embedded
youTube performances:

            Key of C​
            Key of D
Use capo for other keys,
e.g. 5th fret for G and 7th fret for A, if fingering in D.


Sing chorus at beginning and after each of the two verses.
Chorus:
​C                                  F                 C
D                                  G                 D
It's good to see you, so good to see you


                           G7                                              C
                           A7                                              D
Oh how we've missed you since we've been gone


                                               F                             C
                                               G                             D
We've crossed the oceans, travelled through many lands


                             G7                                   C
                             A7                                   D
And it's good to see you, to be in your home



Verse 1:
                                            F                       C
                                            G                       D
There's something in me that makes me wander


                            G7                    C
                            A7                    D
There's many a land I have to see


                                       F                   C
                                       G                   D
And when I'm far away in a land of strangers


                    G7                               C
                    A7                               D
I know my good friends think on me.



Verse 2:
                               F                           C
                               G                           D
Oh it's a wonder when it comes to friendship


                          G7                                      C
                          A7                                      D
No matter how far away, no matter how long


                                              F                 C
                                              G                 D
There's a constant thread that's never broken


                         G7                          C
                         A7                          D
And it ties me  to  my friends at home.



Embedded youTube VIDEOS

Total of 14 videos in various keys:   A = 1     A,B = 1     C = 2     D = 6     Eb,F = 1
                                                         F = 1     F#,B,F#,B,C = 1    G = 1
​The most popular keys are D and C.

Key:  D

Singer:  Don Williams

​Posted by:  TheGardenFlower1951

​Recorded in a 1982 Don Williams concert.

Key:  C

Group:   Ceilidh

​Posted by:  ​AlruneRod2811

​Performed at the Skagen Festival in Denmark, July 2011.

This group sings the chorus in "English" and the verses in "Danish".

Key:  D

Singer:  Allan Taylor (composer)

​Posted by:  MarieS74

Key:  D

Accordionist & singer:  Sean Wilson  

Posted by:  MusicFan01

Key:   D

Group:   Alan Taylor  (composer)
               Vlado Kreslin
​                Hans Theessink

Posted by:  Vlado Kreslin
​

Key:  A

Singer:  Leo Gillespie 
              with Qftry

Posted by:  Leo Gillespie


Key:   A   from time 0 to 2:36
          B   from time 2:36 to END

Singer:  David Craig
Group:  The Cufflinks

​Posted by:  paulg38164

​

Key:  G

Singer:  Pat McKenna

​Posted by:  joasha756

Key:  Eb  from time 0 to 2:15
​          F    from 2:15 to END

Group:  Beggars Mantle

Singers:  Bruce Davies
​                Bill McArthur

Bass guitarist:  Alan Kay

​Posted by:  Bruce Davies

Key:  F

Singer:  Malcolm Harris

Posted by:  Malcolm Harris

Malcolm is fingering the chords in key of D, with capo on third fret, thus sounding in the key of F.  

Beautifully done.

Key:  D ?

Singer:  Jim Rice

Posted by: James Rice

Key:  D

Liedermacher Robert Raddatz
​
Guitarists & singers:  Helmut Debus
                                  Robert Raddatz
                                  Stephen Grunst

Posted by:  moehne2003

​

Key:  C

Singer:  Anthony Archibald

​Posted by:  threelegsoman

Key:  F# (=Gb) from time 0 to 2:51
         B   from time 2:51 to 3:18
         F# (=Gb) from 3:18 to 4:40
         B   from 4:40 to 5:08
         C  from 5:08 to END ?
          
Accordionist & singer: 
                              Squeezebox Teddy

​Posted by:  Squeezebox Teddy

Some lovely piano-accordion interludes throughout this performance.


Background Materials, Information & Links

​Lyrics:

Sing chorus at beginning and after each of the two verses:
Chorus:   It's good to see you, so good to see you
               Oh how we've missed you since we've been gone
                We've crossed the oceans, traveled through many lands
                And it's good to see you, to be in your home

There is something in me that makes me wander
There is many a land I have to see
And when I'm far away in a land of strangers
But know my good friends think on me
​
Oh it's a wonder when it comes to friendship
No matter how far away, no matter how long
There's a constant thread that's never broken
And it ties me to my friends at home.

Background Links:
Click HERE  for biographical info on Allan Taylor
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