Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
D MajorD D D MajorD D
Verse 1:
D MajorD
Here I go down memory lane
D MajorD
I'm always sinking with the ship that way
GbmGbm
But every time I lay my eyes on that hull
GbmGbm D MajorD
I slip to the bottom and I don't need nothing
D MajorD
And when you don't need nothing
D MajorD
it's a certain type off game you play
GbmGbm
I don't need a home
GbmGbm
Don't need a lover
GbmGbm
No friends around me
GbmGbm G+G
To support each other
Chorus:
D MajorD
And now I'm sailing away
A augmentedA
I learn from the best
A augmentedA
How to cut the rest
A augmentedA
And then I'll take what I get
A augmentedA G+G
And won't want for anything
D MajorD
And now I'm sailing away
A augmentedA
I don't need a home
A augmentedA
Don't need a lover
A augmentedA
I'll be out on my own
A augmentedA D MajorD GbmGbm
Come hell or high water
D MajorD GbmGbm
Verse 2:
D MajorD
One of my girls she's living the dream
D MajorD
Out in a cabin for a dollar a day
GbmGbm
And cause that's the way she has to have it
GbmGbm D MajorD
I'll send her my letters a candle and a jacket
D MajorD
And the other's on the river she'll be out there till
D MajorD
Her dying day
GbmGbm
And cause that's the way she has to have it
GbmGbm G+G
I'll skip each stone I won't keep it just to have it
Chorus:
D MajorD
And now I'm sailing away
A augmentedA
I learn from the best
A augmentedA
How to cut the rest
A augmentedA
And then I'll take what I get
A augmentedA G+G
And won't want for anything
D MajorD
And now I'm sailing away
A augmentedA
I don't need a home
A augmentedA
Don't need a lover
A augmentedA
I'll be out on my own
A augmentedA D MajorD GbmGbm
Come hell or high water
D MajorD GbmGbm
Verse 3:
D MajorD
Here I go down memory lane
D MajorD
I'm always sinking with the ship that way
GbmGbm
But every time I lay eyes on that hull
GbmGbm D MajorD GbmGbm
I slip to the bottom and I don't need nothing
Outro:
D MajorD GbmGbm D MajorD GbmGbm
D MajorD GbmGbm D MajorD