MARK KNOPFLER SAILING TO PHILADELPHIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- F#m A F#m E

^F#mI am Jeremiah Dixon ^F#mI am a Geordie boy ^F#mA glass of wine with you, sir A D And the ladies I'll enjoy E A D All Durham and Northumberland E A D A Is measured up by my own hand E A D It was my fate from birth D E To make my mark upon the earth...

He ^F#mcalls me Charlie Mason F#m A stargazer Am I ^F#mIt seems that I was born A D To chart the evening sky E A D They'd cut me out for baking bread But ^EI had other dr^Aeams inst^Dead E A D This baker's boy from the west country D E Would join the Royal Society...

A E F#m D We are sailing to Philadelphia

^AA world aw^Eay from the c^Bbmoaly T^Eyne C#m F#m D Sailing to Philadelphia ^F#mTo draw the l^Eine A M^Dason-D^Eixon L^Aine

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^F#mNow you're a good surveyor, Dixon ^F#mBut I swear you'll make me mad ^F#mThe West will kill us both A D You gullible Geordie lad E A D You talk of liberty How c^Ean Americ^Aa be fr^Dee A G^Eeordie and a b^Aaker's b^Doy In the f^Dorests of the Iroqu^Eois...

^F#mNow hold your head up, Mason ^F#mSee America lies there ^F#mThe morning tide has raised The c^Aapes of Delaw^Dare E A D Come up and feel the sun ^EA new m^Aorning has beg^Dun E A D Another day will make it clear D E Why your stars should guide us here...

A E F#m D We are sailing to Philadelphia

^AA world aw^Eay from the c^Bbmoaly T^Eyne C#m F#m D Sailing to Philadelphia ^F#mTo draw the l^Eine A M^Dason-D^Eixon L^Dine ^A D E A A Mason-Dixon Line

A F#m A F#m E F#m A F#m E x3 FADE OUT

Mark Knopfler - Sailing to philadelphia