Rieley/Kennedy/Wilson/Almer/Parks
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: I wrest the waters, fight Neptune's waters Sail through the sorrows of life's marauders Unrepenting, often empty 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: I work the seaways, the gale-swept seaways Past shipwrecked daughters of wicked waters Uninspired, drenched and tired Sail on, wail on, sailor bridge 2: Always needing, even bleeding Never feeding all my feelings Damn the thunder, must I blunder There's no wonder all I'm under Stop the crying and the lying And the sighing and my dying Sail on, sail on sailor [repeat to fade]-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers
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