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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
I'm sittin' on a big hot rock------with the blues,
Chorus:
F*
I think I'm gonna go off sailing
CI think I'm gonna go off sailing
                        Fbass line:   F       E  Dm7  
I think I'm gonna go off         sail       ing
            Gflat                 C  F  
Cause I've been on dry land too long
FSomething I seen here seems to make me seasick
CSomething I seen here seems to make me seasick
                                     Fbass line:  F       E   Dm7  
Something I seen here seems to make me           sea     sick
And I bGm7een on dry lCand too lFong
(Roll on)
Chorus
Leeches, land sharks, octopusses make my bwain hurt
Land sharks, octopusses make my bwain hurt
Yea, and I've been on dry land too long
(Ship in a bottle)
Chorus
(Sail on, sail on)
Chorus
(Let's carry on)
Chorus
(I need a ship in a bottle)
Chorus
*The song may very well be in E, since it seems tuned about half-way between
 Eand F. 

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Sailing

by Jerry Jeff Walker

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm7

Gm7

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

I'm sittin' on a big hot rock------with the blues,

Chorus:

I think I'm gonna go off sailing

F F E Dm7

bass line:

I think I'm gonna go off sail ing

C F

Gflat

Cause I've been on dry land too long

Something I seen here seems to make me seasick

F F E Dm7

bass line:

Something I seen here seems to make me sea sick

Gm7 C F

And I been on dry land too long

(Roll on)

Chorus

Leeches, land sharks, octopusses make my bwain hurt

Land sharks, octopusses make my bwain hurt

Yea, and I've been on dry land too long

(Ship in a bottle)

Chorus

(Sail on, sail on)

Chorus

(Let's carry on)

Chorus

(I need a ship in a bottle)

Chorus

*The song may very well be in E, since it seems tuned about half-way between

E F

and .

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