Sail Me Away chords by Elton John

Verse 1:

     A
When stars are born.

    Bm/A
Are they cast out?

   E                      D       A
To wander cold and lonely lost in space.
  Cdim7
A loveless point of light

             Bm
That can't return.

   Bm7            E
Forever fixed within one place.

Verse 2:

     A                Bm/A
When love is lost and dreams are cast.

     E                           D       A
Like bruised and battered pieces left to die.
     Cdim7
When hands that reach out are betrayed.

    Bm              Bm7           E
How can my tortured soul survive?

Bridge:

             C#m       F#m
There's only one thing left.

               D                       E
And that's the one thing that I needed most of all.

        C#m               F#m
But the freedom that I've gained

       Bm               Bm/A           G        G/F#   E
Is the loss that led me aimless to the shore.

Chorus:

        A     C#m7             F#m    F#m/E
And I'm borne high on these waves.

D            A/C#     E
Swept by the wind and alone.

A             C#m7                D       E
Sail me away, carry me back to my home.

    D
I'm tired, I've been torn.

  E/D                  C#7           C#7/E      F#m
A cruel wretched storm churns like a gale in my bones.

   F#m/E   Bm
Oh sail me away.

D/E      E          Dadd2
Carry me back to my home.

Verse 3:

      A
These scars run deep.

    Bm/A                  E                     D       A
The future holds a hunger for an innocence that passed away.

   Cdim7           A
My callous shadows mock.

                  Bm               Bm7           E
And make it clear some things were not enough to make them stay.

Bridge:

           C#m         F#m
The moment time stands still

       D                         E
Is the moment that the writing's on the walls.

    C#m                F#m
The words are clear as ringing bells

     Bm               Bm/A             G        G/F#   E
That pride is present right before the fall.

Chorus:

        A     C#m7             F#m    F#m/E
And I'm borne high on these waves.

D            A/C#     E
Swept by the wind and alone.

A                 C#m7                D       E
Oh, sail me away, carry me back to my home.

    D
I'm tired, I've been torn.

  E/D                  C#7           C#7/E      F#m
A cruel wretched storm churns like a gail in my bones.

   F#m/E   Bm
Oh sail me away.

D/E      E          Dadd2
Carry me back to my home.

F#m/E   Bm
Sail me away!

D/E      E          Dadd2   A
Carry me back to my home!