Key: C major
Verse 1
I would have been a sailor,
G
C
Dm
a sailin' I would go
across the seven seas
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C
and then back home
Dm
F
C
F
C
hundred years ago
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C
F
C
A sailin' I should go
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C
A sailin' I should go
And I would know the waters
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C
Dm
and the wa ters would know me
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G
and be as happy as can be
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C
I'd be landless, I'd be loveless,
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F
I'd be flight and fancy free
Dm
C
and the wa ters would know me
F
C
G
C
Oh, A sailing I should go
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C
G
Oh, oh, oh
Dm
G
Slipped and placed me wrong
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F
And sailors' boots I could have worn
where I was born,
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C
G
C
oh, a -sailing I should go,
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C
G
C
oh, a -sailing I should go.
F
Dm
magnificent and wide,
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C
with open arms to hold me
Dm
G
and endless space to hide.
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F
are things I hold in side.
magnificent and wide
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C
G
F
C
F
C
Oh, a sailin' I should go
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Dm
C
A sailin' I should go
Dm
G
And if I had been born 200 years ago
I would have been a sailor,
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C
Around the capes
and across the seven seas
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F
and then back home
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Dm
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F
C
If I had been born 200 years ago
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F
C
F
C
A -sailing I should go
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C
F
C
A -sailing I should go
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C
F
C
A -sailing I should go
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C
A -sailing I should go you
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