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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
🎸 Intro:
E
E C#m E
E C#m E
🎸 Verse:
E
You don't want me anymore
So I walk out of the door
I play the game right from the start
I trust you, you use me, now my life's all torn apart
🎸 Chorus:
F#m D
So I'm sailing, yeah I'm sailing on
F#m D
I'm moving, yeah I'm moving on
F#m D F#m D
Sail on sail on sail on sail on aaaaah
🎸 Verse 2:
E
Tried to see if I'll give up
But there wasn't any luck
E C#m
It's a fact, a fact of life
E C#m
That's the game, game of strife everything is all in stride
🎸 Chorus 2:
F#m D
So I'm sailing, yeah I'm sailing on
F#m D
I'm moving, yeah I'm moving on
F#m D F#m D
Sail on sail on sail on sail on aaaaah
🎸 Interlude:
G G# G G#
🎸 Solo:
E C#m
E C#m
E C#m
E C#m
E
🎸 Chorus 2:
So I'm sailing, yeah I'm sailing on
I'm moving, yeah I'm moving on
F#m D F#m D E
Sail on sail on sail on sail on aaaaah
Yeah la la la
La la la
La la la
Coda:
E C#m
Too many years with too many tears
E C#m
And too many days with none to say
E C#m
So how will we know when there's nowhere to grow
E C#m
The fact of life, life too short oh
E C#m
There's too many years with too many tears
E C#m
There's too many days with none to say no no
E C#m
So how will we know when there's nowhere to grow
E C#m
The fact of life, the fact of life yeah
E C#m
Too many years with too many tears
E C#m
And too many days with none to say
E C#m
So how will we know when there's nowhere to grow
E C#m Eb Fmaj7
The fact of life, life too short oh oh
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Published: May 6, 2021
Last Updated: February 2, 2026