Intro: Em D C9 (x2)
GD/F#C9
He walked in with a salty sway
GD/F#C9
Lookin' like Blackbeard in his day
GD/F#C9C-G/B-Am7
A brother in arms just like me
Am7D
I was born a son of the sea
EmA7
I can't be still, I can't be tied
C9D
The only time I, I feel alive is
Chorus:
GEm
When the wind fills my sail
Am7D
Riding on a lifelong swell
GBm7FD
Let my heart take me where it wants to go
Am7DEmD
That's the sou--l of a sailor
Am7DEmD
The sou--l of a sailor
EDC9GD/F#C9
He slid a stool and a beer to me
GD/F#C9
Said, you know, we're both a dying breed
GD/F#C9C-G/B-Am7
Here's to love lost and newfound friends
Am7D
And living out life in the boat we're in
EmA7
I can't be still, I can't be tied
C9D
The only time I, I feel alive is
Chorus:
GEm
When the wind fills my sail
Am7D
Riding on a lifelong swell
GBm7FD
Let my heart take me where it wants to go
Am7DEmD
That's the sou--l of a sailor
Am7DG
The sou--l of a sailor
G Em Am7 D (x2)
GBm7FD
Let my heart take me where it wants to go
Am7DEmD
That's the sou--l of a sailor
Am7DEmG9
The sou--l of a sailor
Chords:
A7 = x02020
Am7 = x02010
Bm7 = x24232(bar chord)
C = x32010
C9 = x3203x or x32030
D = xx0232
D/F#= 200232 (hold down bottom string with thumb)
Em = 022000
F = 133211(bar chord) or xx3211
G = 320003
G/B = x2003x