Am - F
- Am - F (2x)
Am
1. Waiting at the water's edge watching all the ships
C
F G
as
they are heading for the harbour wall,
Am
- F Am
I was just a boy, I was just a boy,
F
Am F
Am
dreaming
of the wide world, dreaming of the wide world.
Am
2. Watching as they disappear, reading out the names
C
F G
of
all the places I have never been,
Am - F Am
looking
out to sea, staring out to sea,
F Am F
Am
dreaming
of a wide world, dreaming of the wide world.
Dm Am Dm G
+ Oh hu hu
hu hu, hu hu hu hu
hu, oh hu hu hu hu, ooh.
C F C
F
I wish I was sailing away,
sailing away,
C
F - G Am - F Am - F
sailing away, with you tonight, with you tonight
+ Am - F - Am - F
Am
3. Walking down another street, underneath the red lights,
C
F
G
I am watching where the
shadows fall,
Am
- F Am
looking
at the girls, listening to the
girls,
F Am
F Am
dreaming
of a new world, dreaming of that new world.
Dm Am Dm G
+ Oh hu hu
hu hu, hu hu hu hu
hu, oh hu hu hu hu, ooh.
C F C
F
I wish I was sailing away, sailing away,
C
F - G Am - F Am - F
sailing away, in your arms tonight, in your arms tonight.
+ Am - F - Am - F (2x)
C F C
F
I wish I was sailing away, sailing away,
C
F
- G Am - F Am
- F
sailing away, with you now, with you now.
+ Am - F - Am - F (4x) ...
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Chris de
Burgh)