The Sailor chords by Big Country

Chords with lyrics

• Submitter: Motoclangers

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Big Country - The Sailor

                   You Tube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtJs6mdrNcM
  Intro:
G+G  D MajorD  C majorC  D MajorD     x4


  Verse 1:
G+G       D MajorD     C majorC       D MajorD
What would you be if the waves set you free
    G+G      D MajorD        C majorC     D MajorD
And the wind in your hair brought you sailing to me
G+G       C majorC        G+G    D MajorD
Tied up on the shore would you weary no more
G+G      D MajorD  C majorC      G+G
When will it be, when will it be

  Verse 2:
G+G      D MajorD    C majorC     D MajorD
What would I be if a hurricane came
G+G     D MajorD    C majorC     D MajorD
Would I be clever, would I be shamed
G+G      C majorC       G+G     D MajorD
Would I lie helpless, cast up on the flames
G+G      D MajorD  C majorC      G+G
What will I be, what will I be


  Chorus:
E minorEm   D MajorD     G+G  C majorC
I will be here forever
     E minorEm     D MajorD    G+G  C majorC
Till the river runs into the sea
    E minorEm    D MajorD
I will always be silent
  G+G      C majorC
And hold my head up
  E minorEm     D MajorD     G+G   C majorC
And we will be sailors no more


  Verse 3:
G+G       D MajorD     C majorC      D MajorD
Where would we go To the sand or the snow
G+G     D MajorD      C majorC      D MajorD
Wander in memories or let them all go
G+G      C majorC     G+G     D MajorD
Would we be dreamers, helplessly so
G+G       D MajorD  C majorC       G+G
Where would we go, where would we go

  Chorus:
E minorEm   D MajorD     G+G  C majorC
I will be here forever
     E minorEm     D MajorD    G+G  C majorC
Till the river runs into the sea
    E minorEm    D MajorD
I will always be silent
  G+G      C majorC
And hold my head up
  E minorEm     D MajorD     G+G   C majorC
And we will be sailors no more


  Chorus:
E minorEm   D MajorD     G+G  C majorC
I will be here forever
     E minorEm     D MajorD    G+G  C majorC
Till the river runs into the sea
    E minorEm    D MajorD
I will always be silent
  G+G      C majorC
And hold my head up
  E minorEm     D MajorD     G+G   C majorC
And we will be sailors no more
E minorEm     D MajorD     G+G   C majorC
We will be sailors no more


  Instrumental:

G+G  D MajorD  B minorBm  C majorC
G+G  D MajorD  B minorBm  C majorC

  (Faster)
G+G  D MajorD  E minorEm  C majorC
E minorEm  D MajorD  D MajorD


  Verse 4:
   G+G
Let's run right out of the city tonight
     D MajorD
With our hair tied up and lips sealed tight
E minorEm     C majorC        E minorEm     D MajorD
I will cry no more, I said I will cry no more

    G+G
Like an empty tourist at the world fair
    D MajorD
I could only stand and stare
  E minorEm     C majorC   E minorEm     D MajorD
And let it pass me by, let it pass me by

 G+G
I never should have said out loud
    D MajorD
That I wanted to save the world
   E minorEm     C majorC      E minorEm     D MajorD
But I let it slip away, I just let it slip away


  Instrumental:
G+G  D MajorD  B minorBm  C majorC
G+G  D MajorD  B minorBm  C majorC

G+G  D MajorD  E minorEm  C majorC
E minorEm  D MajorD
G+G  D MajorD  E minorEm  C majorC
E minorEm  D MajorD


  Verse 5:
  G+G
The only thing I wanted to be
    D MajorD
Was the perfect one who killed for free
  E minorEm     C majorC        E minorEm     D MajorD
And I will try no more, I say I will try no more

    G+G
But now we are together we won't turn back
     D MajorD
Where the boats are burned and the ties are black
  E minorEm     C majorC    E minorEm     D MajorD
And I will cry no more, I will cry no more


  Outro:
G+G  D MajorD  B minorBm  C majorC
G+G  D MajorD  B minorBm  C majorC
G+G  D MajorD  B minorBm  C majorC
G+G  D MajorD  B minorBm  C majorC