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Big Country - The Sailor You Tube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtJs6mdrNcM [Intro] G D C D x4 [Verse 1]

^GWhat would you ^Dbe if the ^Cwaves set you ^Dfree And the ^Gwind in your ^Dhair brought you ^Csailing to ^Dme ^GTied up on the ^Cshore would you ^Gweary no ^Dmore ^GWhen will it ^Dbe, ^Cwhen will it ^Gbe

[Verse 2]

^GWhat would I ^Dbe if a ^Churricane ^Dcame ^GWould I be ^Dclever, ^Cwould I be ^Dshamed ^GWould I lie ^Chelpless, cast ^Gup on the ^Dflames ^GWhat will I ^Dbe, ^Cwhat will I ^Gbe

[Chorus]

^EmI will ^Dbe here for^Gever ^C Till the ^Emriver runs ^Dinto the ^Gsea ^C I will ^Emalways be ^Dsilent And ^Ghold my head ^Cup And ^Emwe will be ^Dsailors no ^Gmore ^C

[Verse 3]

^GWhere would we ^Dgo To the ^Csand or the ^Dsnow ^GWander in ^Dmemories or ^Clet them all ^Dgo ^GWould we be ^Cdreamers, ^Ghelplessly ^Dso ^GWhere would we ^Dgo, ^Cwhere would we ^Ggo

[Chorus]

^EmI will ^Dbe here for^Gever ^C Till the ^Emriver runs ^Dinto the ^Gsea ^C I will ^Emalways be ^Dsilent And ^Ghold my head ^Cup And ^Emwe will be ^Dsailors no ^Gmore ^C

[Chorus]

^EmI will ^Dbe here for^Gever ^C Till the ^Emriver runs ^Dinto the ^Gsea ^C I will ^Emalways be ^Dsilent And ^Ghold my head ^Cup And ^Emwe will be ^Dsailors no ^Gmore ^C ^EmWe will be ^Dsailors no ^Gmore ^C

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Let's ^Grun right out of the city tonight With our ^Dhair tied up and lips sealed tight ^EmI will cry ^Cno more, I said ^EmI will cry ^Dno more

Like an ^Gempty tourist at the world fair I could ^Donly stand and stare And ^Emlet it pass ^Cme by, ^Emlet it pass ^Dme by

I ^Gnever should have said out loud That I ^Dwanted to save the world But I ^Emlet it slip ^Caway, I just ^Emlet it slip ^Daway

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The ^Gonly thing I wanted to be Was the ^Dperfect one who killed for free And ^EmI will try ^Cno more, I say I ^Emwill try no ^Dmore

But now ^Gwe are together we won't turn back Where the ^Dboats are burned and the ties are black And ^EmI will cry ^Cno more, ^EmI will cry ^Dno more

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Big Country - The sailor