The Sailor chords by Mickey Newbury

Chords with lyrics

The Sailor

E minorEm       A minorAm  E minorEm
Well, my daddy was a sailor
     D MajorD     E minorEm
A augmentedA sailor just like me
       A minorAm   E minorEm
His wife was like my mother
  C majorC      D MajorD   E minorEm
His love was the silver sea

He was just another Sailor
Off to find the world
He was just another Sailor
All his cloth unfurled

    G+G   D MajorD  E minorEm
Singin' la den da n dao
  G+G    D MajorD    E minorEm
The water is deep and it?s wide
  G+G     D MajorD      E minorEm
The ship went down and the Captain drowns
C majorC    D MajorD    E minorEm  C majorC D MajorD   E minorEm
Does no good to cry

A minorAm             E minorEm
Turnin' at the gang plank, he looked me in the eye
     A minorAm                E minorEm
He said, learn to read the truth son that lies between these lines

I never meet a stranger
Til I've known them for a time
And I'd rather have one penny
Than all the nickel in the brine
Say you double-headed Eagle
Say you can teach me how to fly
   G+G    D MajorD     E minorEm
Well, tell me then where would I go
C majorC    D MajorD   A minorAm
But up into the sky
C majorC    D MajorD    E minorEm
But up into the sky

Oh my Daddy was a Sailor
The salt is in my blood
And here I am in Nashville
Bound deep in this mud

I'm singin' la den da n dao
Yes I'm too far out to sea
So I'll sink with him or I'll swim with them
Across this briney deep

Susie?s in the kitchen doin' dishes
Chris and all his toys have gone to bed
Starin' out the window all I wish is
I could hear the words I'm hearin' in my head