Key: C major
Verse 1
F#
E
F#
E
F#
B
F#
B
I wish I could sail
G#m
F#
E
in a big black boat
B
F#
With a big white sail over me
B
F#
B
G#m
And once in the while
F#
E
I'd pull into port
F#
Verse 2
E
B
E
But Sylvia said,
B
E
"Come to bed.
B
C#m
It's so good
F#
B
To have you here."
F#
G#m
F#
Verse 3
B
F#
G#m
Some time ago
F#
E
When time passed so slow
B
F#
Too weak to know where to go
B
F#
G#m
But now thinking back
F#
E
On what strikes me the most
B
F#
Is I'd made up my mind long before
Verse 4
C#m
E
B
E
And Sylvia said,
B
E
"Come to bed.
B
C#m
F#
It's so good
Interlude 1
F#
B
G#m
E
F#
E
B
F#
B
G#m
F#
E
B
F#
E
B
E
B
E
B
C#m
F#
B
F#
G#m
F#
B
Verse 5
F#
B
G#m
So I'll cope with you
F#
E
Don't cope at all
B
F#
E
B
So let's leave it all to the chef
F#
G#m
Please send my regrets
F#
E
In case I forget
B
F#
To P.O. Box "Nobody Home"
Verse 6
E
F#
B
E
So Sylvia said,
B
E
"Come to bed.
B
C#m
It's so good
F#
B
To have you here."
Outro 1
"1071
B
G#m
F#
E
F#
B
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