{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1688386,"song":"The Sailor","artist":"Mickey Newbury","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11354061-the-sailor-chords-by-mickey-newbury/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1688386?type=chord","rating":0.18927,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, my daddy was a sailor[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA sailor just like me[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHis wife was like my mother[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHis love was the silver sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe was just another Sailor[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOff to find the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe was just another Sailor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n All his cloth unfurled[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSingin' la den da n dao[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe water is deep  and it’s wide[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe ship went down and the Captain drowns[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDoes no good to cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTurnin' at the gang plank, he looked me in the eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe said, learn to read the truth son that lies between these lines[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI never meet a stranger[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTil I've known them for a time[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I'd rather have one penny[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThan all the nickel in the brine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSay you double-headed Eagle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSay you can teach me how to fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, tell me then where would I go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut up into the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut up into the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh my Daddy was a Sailor[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe salt is in my blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd here I am in Nashville[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Bound deep in this mud[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm singin' la den da n dao[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYes I'm too far out to sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I'll sink with him or I'll swim with them[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAcross this briney deep[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSusie’s in the kitchen doin' dishes[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nChris and all his toys have gone to bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nStarin' out the window all I wish is[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n I could hear the words I'm hearin' in my head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n I could hear the words I'm hearin' in my head[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["Em","Am","D","A","C","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}