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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