Sailing away    (video)    (intro)

 

    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               - 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              - 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               - G          Am          - F           Am           - F

sailing away,         with you now,         with you now.

 

+ Am - F - Am - F (4x)  ...

 

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Chris de Burgh)