The Sailor chords by Big Country

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

Big Country - The Sailor

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


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

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


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


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


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


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


  Instrumental:

G  D  Bm  C
G  D  Bm  C

  (Faster)
G  D  Em  C
Em  D  D


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

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

 G
I never should have said out loud
    D
That I wanted to save the world
   Em     C      Em     D
But I let it slip away, I just let it slip away


  Instrumental:
G  D  Bm  C
G  D  Bm  C

G  D  Em  C
Em  D
G  D  Em  C
Em  D


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

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


  Outro:
G  D  Bm  C
G  D  Bm  C
G  D  Bm  C
G  D  Bm  C