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