Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD G+G
G MajorG D MajorD C majorC D MajorD G+G
Verse 1:
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G
He was just a young sailor in old California
G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD G+G
Wild as the wind, stormy as the sea
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G
And he was a man of his own creation
G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD G+G
Till he fell for a lady of high society
Chorus:
C majorC D MajorD G+G
And now your whole world's turning upside down
C majorC D MajorD G+G
And love with a lady like he's never found
C majorC D MajorD E-
You want to stay inside her paradise
C majorC D MajorD G+G
To see a new world through her eyes
Verse 2:
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G
So you try to discover the ways of a dreamer
G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD G+G
As you write all the stories that burn in your heart
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G
But no one division is changed by the sailor
G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD G+G
To a man with the vision that tells you ain't a part
Chorus:
C majorC D MajorD G+G
And now your whole world's turning upside down
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Your fame and fortune has been found
C majorC D MajorD E-
But in the end you feel so all alone
C majorC D MajorD G+G
When the high sea call you should be going home
Verse 3:
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA
He was a sailor in old California
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
Wild as the wind, stormy as the sea
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA
And he was a man of his own creation
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
He turned like his father back to the sea
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA
A majorA E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA