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  • CANADA
    • JIGS & REELS >
      • Auntie Mary
      • Aunt_Rubys_garden
      • I rowed up in a dory
      • Maple-sugar-reel
      • Pretty_little_Mary
      • Up_the_pond
    • NL - newer >
      • Candlelight_and_Wine
      • Fishing_in_a_dory
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      • Loss of the Marion
      • Music and friends
      • Northern Lights of Labrador
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      • Saltwater joys
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      • Surrounded_by_water
      • Take me to the country
      • The St. John's Waltz
      • This Is My Home
      • Towards_the_sunset
      • Woman of Labrador
    • NL - older >
      • Badger_drive
      • Cliffs of Baccalieu
      • Feller from Fortune
      • Great big sea hove in ...
      • Harbour Le Cou
      • I'se The B'y
      • Jack was every inch a sailor
      • Kelligrew's Soiree
      • Let me fish off Cape St Mary's
      • Lukey's boat
      • Now I'm 64
      • Ode to Newfoundland
      • Old Brown's daughter
      • Old Polina
      • Paddy and the whale
      • Ryans and Pittmans
      • Squid jiggin' ground
      • Star of Logy Bay
      • Sweet forget-me-not
      • Tiny Red Light
    • OTHER - newer >
      • Both_sides_now
      • Did_she_mention_my_name
      • (The) Farmer's Song
      • Four strong winds
      • I'm movin' on
      • Log_drivers_waltz
      • Make_n_Break_Harbour
      • Sea-People
      • Song-for-Mira
      • Working-man
    • OTHER - older >
      • Bluebird
      • Farewell_to_NS
      • Maggie
      • O Canada
      • Peggy Gordon
      • Red River Valley
    • Christmas Songs >
      • (A) Children's Winter
      • Christmas_fancy
      • Christmas in the harbour.
      • Mummers song
      • Old_Christmas_waltz
    • BY "EAR" >
      • Bluebirds_sing
      • Capelin time
      • From an island to an island
      • Land_of_fish_and_seals
      • Light and Power Boys
      • (The) Music takes me back
      • Mussels in the corner
      • Newfoundland_waltz
  • U.S.A.
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      • Adios_Amigo
      • Annie's song
      • Ballad of the Green Berets
      • Blowing in the wind
      • Blue eyes crying in the rain
      • Bridge over troubled water
      • Bye bye love
      • Country roads
      • Crystal Chandeliers
      • Four thousand years ago
      • Have I told you lately that I ...
      • I can't stop loving you
      • I overlooked an orchid
      • I recall a gypsy woman
      • I walk the line
      • Me and Bobby McGee
      • Missing in action
      • Moon River
      • Old flames
      • Rambling Rose
      • Ring_of_fire
      • Roses are red my love
      • Send me the pillow ...
      • Try _a_ little_kindness
      • Waltz across Texas
      • What a wonderful world
      • You're my best friend
    • USA - older >
      • America the beautiful
      • Billy_Boy
      • Careless_love
      • Down_in_the_valley
      • Hammer_song
      • Happy Birthday
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      • My grandfather's clock
      • Oh, what a beautiful morning
      • Old_lamplighter
      • Old_Smokey
      • Shenandoah
      • Star-Spangled Banner
      • Streets of Laredo
      • Tennessee_waltz
      • This land is your land
      • Wabash cannon ball
      • Wildwood flower
      • Worried man blues
      • Yellow_Rose_of_Texas
      • You are my sunshine
    • Christmas Songs >
      • An old Christmas card
      • Frosty the Snowman
      • Here comes Santa Claus
      • Jingle Bells
      • Jolly old St. Nicholas
      • Must be Santa
      • Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
      • Silver Bells
    • BY "EAR" >
      • Edelweiss
      • If I should fall behind
      • Mary Ann regrets
      • Oh so many years
      • You're the nearest thing to Heaven
  • WORLD
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      • Irish washerwoman
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      • Waltzing_Matilda
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      • Fiddler's Green
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      • Let me be there
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      • World_of_our_own
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      • Dirty_old_town
      • Drink to me only ...
      • Girl_I_left_behind
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      • Long_long_ago
      • Navvy_boots
      • Scarborough Fair
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      • A_little_peace
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      • After all these years
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      • Fields of Athenry
      • Gypsy Rover
      • My lovely Rose of Clare
      • Nancy Spain
      • Roads of Kildare
      • Rose of Mooncoin
      • Town_of_Ballybay
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      • Black velvet band
      • Come back Paddy Reillly
      • Danny Boy
      • Galway Bay
      • Galway Shawl
      • Irish washerwoman
      • Maid in the Garrett
      • Molly Malone
      • My wild Irish Rose
      • Red_is_the_rose
      • Rose of Aranmore
      • Wild_Colonial_Boy
      • Wild Rover
    • Norway >
      • You_raise_me_up
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      • Come by the hills
      • It's a dream come true
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      • We'll meet again my friends
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      • Auld Lang Syne - New Year's
      • Cock o the North /Aunt Mary
      • Loch_Lomond
      • Miari's Wedding
      • My_Bonnie
      • Road to the isles
      • Wild mountain thyme
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      • The Ash Grove
      • Sweet_Jenny_Jones
    • Mixed origins >
      • Jolly good fellow
    • Christmas Songs >
      • Christmas in Killarney
      • Deck the hall
      • Good_King_Wenceslas
      • We wish you a Merry Christmas
    • BY "EAR" >
      • Among the Wicklow Hills
      • Hills of Glenshee
      • In an Irish country home
      • It's good to see you
      • Love me when I'm old ...
      • My homeland
      • The little shirt my Mother made for me
      • Going out the same way you came in
  • GOSPEL
    • Songs - newer >
      • Because He lives
      • God on the mountain
      • He touched me
      • I_know_who_holds_tomorrow
      • It is no secret
      • May_the_Good_Lord_bless
      • Millenium Prayer
      • One day at a time
      • 'Till the storm passes by
      • Unclouded Day
      • Will you walk with me
      • Wings of a dove
    • Songs - older >
      • Beautiful isle of somewhere
      • Church in the wildwood
      • Count your blessings
      • Do Lord
      • Give me oil for my lamp
      • Higher ground
      • How beautiful Heaven must be
      • I'll fly away
      • In the sweet by and by
      • Just a closer walk with Thee
      • Keep on the Sunny Side
      • Kum ba yah
      • Let_the_lower_lights
      • Life is like a mountain railroad
      • Mine eyes have seen the glory
      • Precious memories
      • Shall we gather at the river
      • Standing in the need of prayer
      • Stranger of Galilee
      • When the roll is called up yonder
      • When the Saints go marching in
      • Whispering hope
    • Hymns - newer >
      • Give_to_us_laughter
      • Here I am Lord
      • How great Thou art
      • Jesus you have come to the lakeshore
      • Morning has broken
      • Pass it on
      • Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness
    • Hymns -older >
      • All people that on earth
      • Amazing Grace
      • Be Thou My Vision
      • Blessed_Assurance
      • Crown_Him_with_many_crowns
      • For_the_beauty
      • In the garden
      • I love to tell the story
      • Immortal_invisible
      • Jesus loves me
      • Joyful, joyful, We ...
      • Precious_Lord_take_my_hand
      • Softly and tenderly
      • Take time to be holy
      • We love the place O God
      • What a Friend we have in Jesus
      • Will your anchor hold
      • Wonderful_words_of_life
    • Christmas Carols >
      • Away in a manger (JRM)
      • Away in a manger (WJK)
      • The First Noel
      • The friendly beasts
      • Go, tell it on the mountain
      • Hark the herald angels sing
      • I heard the bells (Marks)
      • I saw three ships
      • Joy to the world
      • Mary's Little Boy Child
      • O come, all ye faithful
      • O little town of Bethlehem
      • Silent Night
      • When a child is born
    • BY "EAR" >
      • Lord, don't give up on me
  • KIDS
    • Billy_Boy
    • BINGO
    • Frere Jacques
    • If you're happy
    • London_Bridge
    • Mary had a little lamb
    • Twinkle little star
    • Where has my little dog gone

WORLD  OF  OUR  OWN

Time signature:  4/4
Tempo:  lively
Composer:  Tom Springfield
​Popularized by:  The Seekers (1965)


      UNDER  CONSTRUCTION: ​
​  Everything needs to be checked.
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Button Accordion  Notation
​Beats per bar = 4
Beat symbol  =  Dot ( . ) or equivalent
Either row (high) = buttons 6 - 11*
Either row  (low)  =  buttons 3 - 7 
Verse 1 - followed by chorus 1 - followed by Verse 2 - followed by chorus 2:

    .7     .7*  |   :6       .7     .8    |   .:8       .8    |   .9*   .9*      .9      .9*  |  :8
    .4     .3*  |   :3       .4     .5    |   .:5       .5    |   .5*   .5*      .6      .5*  |  :5
Close  the  door,  light  the    light,  we're    stay- ing  home  to -  night
Oh,     my   love,   oh     my   love,    I've     cried  for    you    so   much

   .6    .7*  |   :7       ;7     "8   |   "8*    ;7      .7*   .6   |     :8*      "8*  .9*     "8~ | ~:  
   .3    .3*  |   :4       ;4     "5   |   "4*    ;4      .3*   .3   |     :4*      "4*  .5*     "5~ | ~: 

 Far    a  -   way   from  the     bus - tle    and  the    bright   cit -  y      lights__
Lone-ly   nights with - out    sleep-ing  while  I      longed  for  your  touch__

  .9*    .10*  |   :9      "9*   ;8  |   .:7     .7*  |   :6     "8*    .9*   "8~ | ~: 
  .5*     .6*   |   :6      "5*   ;5  |   .:4     .3*  |   :3     "4*    .5*   "5~ | ~:
Let   them     all    fade   a -  way,   just   leave  us      a  - lone
Now your    lips  can't   e -  vade   the   heart-ache  I've  known

    .6       .7*   |   :7   "7  .8    "8*~ | ~:    "7   .7*   "6~ | ~::   |  .r
    .3       .3*   |   :4   "4  .5    "4*~ | ~:    "4   .3*   "3~ | ~::   |  .r
  And   we'll    live  in   a  world____   of  our  own_____
Come  with    me   to   a  world____   of  our  own_____



Chorus 1:

   .8       .9*  .10*  |   :9     "9   .8     "9*~ | ~.:     .9*   |   ;8    "9*    "8    ;8*   |   :7 
   .5       .5*   .6*   |   :6     "6   .5     "5*~ | ~.:     .5*   |   ;5    "5*    "5    ;4*   |   :4
We'll  build  a      world  of  our  own____    that      no  one  else  can    share

 .9* .10* |    :9    .9      .9    |    :9     .10*  .9   |  .:11*  .10*  |   :8
 .5*  .6*  |    :6    .6      .6    |    :6      .6*   .6   |   .:7*    .6*   |   :5
All  our    sor-rows  we'll   leave  far   be -   hind    us     there

  .9* .10* |   :9      "9*    ;8   |   .:7        .7*    |   :6      "8*   .9*   "8~ | ~: 
  .5*  .6*  |   :6      "5*    ;5   |   .:4        .3*    |   :3      "4*   .5*   "5~ | ~: 
And   I     know  you  will     find  there'll     be  peace  of  mind__

    .6      .7*  |   :7   "7   .8   "8*~ | ~:    "7   .8*   "8~ | ~::~  | ~.   .r 
    .3      .3*  |   :4   "4   .5   "4*~ | ~:    "4   .3*   "3~ | ~::~  | ~.   .r
When  we     live  in    a  world__     of  our  own________


​
Chorus 2:

   .8       .9*  .10*  |   :9     "9   .8     "9*~ | ~.:     .9*   |   ;8    "9*    "8    ;8*   |   :7 
   .5       .5*   .6*   |   :6     "6   .5     "5*~ | ~.:     .5*   |   ;5    "5*    "5    ;4*   |   :4
We'll  build  a      world  of  our  own____    that      no  one  else  can    share

 .9* .10* |    :9    .9      .9    |    :9     .10*  .9   |  .:11*  .10*  |   :8
 .5*  .6*  |    :6    .6      .6    |    :6      .6*   .6   |   .:7*    .6*   |   :5
All  our    sor-rows  we'll   leave  far   be -   hind    us     there

  .9* .10* |   :9      "9*    ;8   |   .:7        .7*    |   :6      "8*   .9*   "8~ | ~: 
  .5*  .6*  |   :6      "5*    ;5   |   .:4        .3*    |   :3      "4*   .5*   "5~ | ~: 
And   I     know  you  will     find  there'll     be  peace  of  mind__

    .6      .7*  |   :7   "7   .8   "8*~ | ~:    "7   .8*   "8~ | ~::~  | ~.   .r 
    .3      .3*  |   :4   "4   .5   "4*~ | ~:    "4   .4*   "5~ | ~::~  | ~.   .r
When  we     live  in    a  world__     of  our  own________



Outro:

  .9* .10* |   :9      "9*    .8    "7~ | ~.:        .7*    |   :6      "8*    .9*   "8~ | ~:  
  .5*  .6*  |   :6      "5*    .5    "4~ | ~.:        .3*    |   :3      "4*    .5*   "5~ | ~:
And  I      know  you  will  find___    there'll     be   peace  of    mind__

    .6      .7*  |   :7   "7   .8   "8*~ | ~:    "7    .7*   "6~ | ~::~  | ~.:  
    .3      .3*  |   :4   "4   .5   "4*~ | ~:    "4    .3*   "3~ | ~::~  | ~.:
When  we     live  in    a  world__      of  our   own________



Note:  Chorus 2 ends on higher musical note than Chorus 1; Outro has same ending as Chorus 1.
              Some performers "end" with Chorus 1 instead of the Outro above.
             Many performers include a musical interlude before the ending chorus.
​

​Guitar - Chord Notation
 
(First Draft)
Key of G:   To play in G, but sound in key of A or Bb  -  place capo at fret 2 or 3
Key of C:   To play in C, but sound in D or F  -  place capo at fret 2 or 5
​
Intro - (key of C):  C  G7   C   G7        Intro - (key of G):   G   D7   G   D7

Verse 1 , 
followed by chorus 1, followed by Verse 2, followed by chorus 2


                      G                                                 C                                G
                      C                                                 F                                 C
Close  the  door,  light  the   light,    we're  stay - ing  home  to - night

Oh,     my   love,   oh     my   love,    I've     cried  for   you    so   much

   D                                              C                                                               D7  
   G                                              F                                                               G7 

 Far    a  -   way   from  the     bus - tle    and  the    bright   cit -  y      lights__
Lone-ly   nights  with- out    sleep-ing  while  I      longed  for  your  touch__

                       G                      B7                 C                        G   
                       C                      E7                 F                         C  
Let   them     all    fade   a -  way,   just   leave  us      a  - lone
Now your    lips  can't   e -  vade   the   heart-ache  I've  known

                        Bm             C                      G     C    G
                        Em              F                      C     F    C
  And   we'll    live  in  a  world  of  our  own
Come  with    me   to  a  world  of  our  own


Chorus 1 & 2 (same chords)

             C           G                      C               D7                              G
             F           C                      F                G7                              C
We'll  build  a  world  of  our  own   that  no  one  else  can   share

 Em          A7                                               D7
Am          D7                                              G7
All  our  sor-rows  we'll   leave  far  be-hind  us  there

                   G                                                   C                     G 
                   C                                                   F                      C
And   I     know  you  will     find  there'll     be  peace  of  mind__

                                           D7                          G         Em
                                           G7                          C         Am         
When  we     live  in    a  world__     of  our  own



Outro 
               G                       B7                   C                        G  
               C                       E7                   F                         C
And  I   know  you  will  find  there'll   be   peace  of   mind

                    Bm                C         D7           G      C    G  
                    Em                F         G7           C       F    C
When  we   live   in   a  world   of   our   own



Note:  Chorus 2 ends on a higher musical note than Chorus 1, but same chords.
           
Some performers end with Chorus 1,
            Many performers include a musical interlude before the ending chorus.


 
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Eighteen videos have been included here, in various arrangements, tempos, rhythms and keys, based, for the most part, on the tune above, though with differences:
                                                                                       A=4     Bb=4    Bb,C=1    C=5    D=3    F=1  

Key:   A

​Tempo:  ~185 bpm

Singer:  Sean Wilson

​Posted by:  Sean Wilson - Topic

Key:   A

Group:  Le groupe FolkWays

Posted by:  Michel Le Naviose

2013 concert at l'hotel Royal Saint-Mart de Royat
​


Key:   A

Group:  The Beggars

​Posted by:  Beggars - Topic

Key:  A

Artist:  Antonio de Almeida

​Posted by:  Antonio de Almeida - Topic

​Instrumental

Key:   Bb

Tempo:  ~185 bpm
​
Singer:  Waylon Jennings

​Posted by:  Waylon Jennings



Key:   Bb

​Tempo:  ~175 bpm

Group:  The Seekers

Lead vocalist:  Judith Durham

​Posted by:  Denny161853

Composer Tom Springfield was the record producer and song writer for The Seekers, composing a number of their most successful songs, including this one.

Key:   Bb    from time 0 to 2:35

Singer:  Anthony 

​Posted by:  threelegsoman

Tony is playing in key of G, with capo at fret 3 to sound in key of Bb.



Key:   Bb

Guitarists:  Dave Monk

​Posted by:  OldGuitarMonkey

​Instrumental

​Key:   C

Singers:  STC COCJ Choir

Director:  Fr. Wendelin Rolheiser


​Posted by:  STC COCJ Choir

Key:  C

Group:  The Villages Harmonica Band

Posted by:  PamSmothers

​Instrumental (harmonica)



Key:   C

Tempo:  ~150 bpm

Singer:  Sonny James

​Posted by:  Tom Page

The chorus is omitted between the first and second verse.  There is an instrumental verse between the two renditions of the chorus.

Key:   C

Group:  Ukes on the Edge

​Posted by:  Karen M



Key:   C

Singer:  Jack Thompson

​Posted by:  Jack Thompson - Topic

Instrumental (piano)

Key:   D

Tempo:  ~165 bpm
​
Singer:  Keith Potger

​Posted by:  Folk rock. Australian rock.
​                   More.

Keith played the twelve-string guitar and banjo, and vocals as a member of The Seekers.

 Key:  D

Singers:  George Possley Luft
​
​Posted by:  George Possley

​(has guitar chords in this key with video)

Key:   D

Singer:  Bob Lucas

Posted by:  Bob Ransome




Key:   F

Tempo:  ~185 bpm
​
Singer:  Declan Nerney

​Posted by:  Irish Countryman



Key:  Bb   from time 0 to 1:11
         C   from 1:12 to End

Singer:   Jerry Wallace

Posted by:  Jerry Wallace - Topic




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Background Lyrics, Information & Links

​Lyrics:

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​Verse 1




Chorus




​Verse 2
Sing chorus after each verse.  After that, it varies; many sing it again at end.  Also, many (perhaps most) singers close with last two lines of the chorus.
​
Close the door, light the light,  W
e're stayin' home tonight
Far away from the bustle and the bright city lights
Let them all fade away, just leave us alone
And we'll live in a world of our own

We'll build a world of our own that no one else can share
All our sorrows we'll leave far behind us there
And I know you will find there'll be peace of mind
When we live in a world of our own

Oh, my love, oh my love, I've cried for you so much
Lonely nights without sleeping while I longed for your touch
Now your lips can't evade the heartache I've known
Come with me to a world of our own

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Background
​Links:
Click HERE for (Wikipedia) information on this song.

Click HERE for (Wikipedia) information on composer Tom Springfield.

Click HERE 
for (Wikipedia) information on The Seekers.


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