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