Sailing To Philadelphia chords by Mark Knopfler
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard EBGDAE Difficulty: Novice SAILING TO PHILADELPHIA -by- MARK KNOPFLER Submitted by: garreth F#m A F#m E F#m I am Jeremiah Dixon F#m I am a Geordie boy F#m A glass of wine with you, sir A D And the ladies I'll enjoy E A D All Durham and Northumberland E A D A Is measured up by my own hand E A D It was my fate from birth D E To make my mark upon the earth...
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F#m
He calls me Charlie Mason
F#m
A stargazer am I
F#m
It seems that I was born
A D
To chart the evening sky
E A D
They'd cut me out for baking bread
E A D
But I had other dreams instead
E A D
This baker's boy from the west country
D E
Would join the Royal Society...
A E F#m D
We are sailing to Philadelphia
A E Bbm E
A world away from the coaly Tyne
C#m F#m D
Sailing to Philadelphia
F#m E
To draw the line
D E A
A Mason-Dixon Line
A F#m A F#m E
F#m
Now you're a good surveyor, Dixon
F#m
But I swear you'll make me mad
F#m
The West will kill us both
A D
You gullible Geordie lad
E A D
You talk of liberty
E A D
How can America be free
E A D
A Geordie and a baker's boy
D E
In the forests of the Iroquois...
F#m
Now hold your head up, Mason
F#m
See America lies there
F#m
The morning tide has raised
A D
The capes of Delaware
E A D
Come up and feel the sun
E A D
A new morning has begun
E A D
Another day will make it clear
D E
Why your stars should guide us here...
A E F#m D
We are sailing to Philadelphia
A E Bbm E
A world away from the coaly Tyne
C#m F#m D
Sailing to Philadelphia
F#m E
To draw the line
D E D A
A Mason-Dixon Line
D E A
A Mason-Dixon Line
A F#m A F#m E
F#m A F#m E x3
FADE OUT