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fiona apple - o sailor
extraordinary machine 2005
Intro Riff:
part 1 Part 2
e------------------------|-----------------------|
B-----0-----0--4----3----|-------------0-----0---|
G-----3--3--3--3----3----|-----2----2-----2------|X2
D--------0---------------|-----3-----------------|
A------------------------|-----3-----------------|
E--3---------------------|-1--------1------------|
Verse 1:
(Inrto Riff parts 1&2)
I'm undecided about you again
(Intro Riff part 1) C
Mightn't be right that you're not here
Am7/Eb Dm
It's double-sided, cause I ruined it all
Aaug
But also saved myself, by never believing you,
Bb Bb7
Dear.
Verse 2
Everything good, I deem too good to be true
Everything else is just a bore
Everything I have to look forward to
Has a pretty painful and very imposing before
Chorus:
Dm Am
O' Sailor, why'd you do it
Em
What'd you do that for
Dm Am
Saying there's nothing to it
F Em
And then letting it go by the boards
O' Sailor, why'd you do it
What'd you do that for
Saying there's nothing to it
And then letting it go by the boards
Verse 3:
I have too been playing with fifty-two cards
- Just cause I play so far from my vest
Whatever I've got, I've got no reason to guard
What could I do, but spend my best
Chorus:
O' Sailor, why'd you do it
What'd you do that for
Saying there's nothing to it
And then letting it go by the boards
O' Sailor, why'd you do it
What'd you do that for
Saying there's nothing to it
And then letting it go by the boards
Bridge:
G# Fm Cm
And after waiting, fighting patiently on my knees
G# Fm Gm
All the other stuff tired itself out first, not me
G# Fm
And in its wake, appeared the touch and call
Cm C
Of a different breed
Eb Dm D
One who set to get me wise, and got me there
D7
And then, got me
(Inrto Riff parts 1&2) X2
Verse 4:
And what a thing, to know what could be instead
Oh, what a blessed curse; to see
It took the agenda from its place in my bed
Made a merry paramour of me
Chorus:
O' Sailor, why'd you do it
What'd you do that for
chords:
EADGBe
C x32010
Am7/Eb xx1213
Dm xx0231
Aaug x03221
Bb x13331
Bb7 x13131
Am x02210
Em 022000
F 133211
G# 466544
Fm 133111
Cm x35543
Gm 355333
Eb xx1343/x68886
D xx0232
tabbed by sagi Fridman
for notes: Sagitfridman@hotmail.com
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Last Updated: March 3, 2026