The Sailor - Mickey Newbury Chords
Chords: Em, Am, D, C, G
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Genre: folk, country, americana
[Verse]
Em Am Em
Well, my daddy was a sailor
D Em
A sailor just like me
Am Em
His wife was like my mother
C D Em
His love was the silver sea
Em Am Em
He was just another Sailor
D Em
Off to find the world
Em Am Em
He was just another Sailor
C D Em
All his cloth unfurled
[Verse]
G D Em
Singin' la den da n dao
G D Em
The water is deep and it’s wide
G D Em C
The ship went down and the Captain drowns
D Em C D Em
Does no good to cry
[Verse]
Am Em
Turnin' at the gang plank, he looked me in the eye
Am Em
He said, learn to read the truth son that lies between these lines
G D Em
I never meet a stranger
G D Em
Til I've known them for a time
G D Em
And I'd rather have one penny
C D Em
Than all the nickel in the brine
[Verse]
Em Am Em
Say you double-headed Eagle
C D Em
Say you can teach me how to fly
G D Em
Well, tell me then where would I go
C D Am
But up into the sky
C D Em
But up into the sky
[Verse]
Em Am Em
Oh my Daddy was a Sailor
D Em
The salt is in my blood
Em Am Em
And here I am in Nashville
C D Em
Bound deep in this mud
[Verse]
G D Em
I'm singin' la den da n dao
G D Em
Yes I'm too far out to sea
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