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Version 1[Intro] x2 G C/G [Verse 1] G C/G G C/G I sailed an ocean, unsettled ocean G C/G G Through restful waters and deep commotion Ebmaj9 Am7/D Ebmaj9 Am7/D Often frightened, unenlightened Ebmaj7 F G Sail on, sail on sailor [Verse 2] G C/G G C/G I wrest the waters, fight Neptune's waters G C/G G Sail through the sorrows of life's marauders Ebmaj9 Am7/D Ebmaj9 Am7/D Unre- penting, often empty Ebmaj7 F G Sail on, sail on sailor [Pre-bridge] D D#dim Em Caught like a sewer rat alone but I sail D D#dim Em Bought like a crust of bread, oh do I wail [Bridge 1] Am7 Em Am7 Em Seldom stumble, never crumble Am7 Em Am7 Em Try to tumble, life's a rumble G Am7 G Am7 Feel the stinging I've been given G Am7 G C Never ending, unrelenting Am7 Em Am7 Em Heartbreak searing, always fearing Am7 Em Am7 Em Never caring, persevering Ebmaj7 F G Sail on, sail on, sailor [Verse 3] G C/G G C/G I work the seaways, the gale-swept seaways G C/G G Past shipwrecked daughters of wicked waters Ebmaj9 Am7/D Ebmaj9 Am7/D Unin- spired, drenched and tired Ebmaj7 F G Sail on, wail on, sailor [Bridge 2] Am7 Em Am7 Em Always needing, even bleeding Am7 Em Am7 Em Never feeding all my feelings G Am7 G Am7 Damn the thunder, must I blunder G Am7 G C There's no wonder all I'm under Am7 Em Am7 Em Stop the crying and the lying Am7 Em Am7 Em And the sighing and my dying Ebmaj7 F G Sail on, sail on sailor [Coda] (repeat to fade) Ebmaj7 F G Sail on, sail on, sailor