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Sailor Song Moitessier

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No.: 15 
Video:
Tuning: standard
Capo: NO capo
Chords used:
G:    3.2.0.0.3.x
C:    x.3.2.0.3.x
Em:   0.2.2.0.3.x
D:    x.x.0.2.3.x
D/F#: 2.x.0.2.3.x
Song:
GLoneliness oh won't you lCet me bGe.
GLet me be and I will sCet you frGee.
GDon't you think if it was uCp to Gme,
GI would choose to be hCappy?G  
Let me goG  C  G  
Save my goodbGyesC  G  
There's no Gglory for CmeG  
To starting GlineC  G  
And I was Emon my own in a seCarch for the gold in GlifeC  G  G  C  G  
Oh I was Gleaving for the CEast hoGrizonC  G  
And GJoshua was on Csea of GdiamondsC  G  
I left my Emhome, it was not Cwrong for me to Gleave
I could not Emhold, I loved your Cpromises to kGeep
And I was Emon my own in a Cbroken bone I crGied
And D/F#what'd I Emgive to know is it Cme whose on your Gmind
But I left my Emlove, it was not Cwrong for me to Gdo
The slingshot Emfired it moved my wCords from me to Dyou
So GI'd been their CLord and GSaviourC  G  
They Gloved their trophies, but they Chate the GlaborC  G  
The Emloneliness I Cever GgetEm  C  G  
Is when I Glose her voice Cinside the GwindC  G  
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Sailor Song Moitessier

by The Lumineers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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D/F#

No.: 15

Video:

Tuning: standard

Capo: NO capo

Chords used:

G: 3.2.0.0.3.x

C: x.3.2.0.3.x

Em: 0.2.2.0.3.x

D: x.x.0.2.3.x

D/F#: 2.x.0.2.3.x

Song:

G C G

Loneliness oh won't you let me be.

G C G

Let me be and I will set you free.

G C G

Don't you think if it was up to me,

G C G

I would choose to be happy?

G C G

Let me go

G C G

Save my goodbyes

G C G

There's no glory for me

G C G

To starting line

Em C G C G G C G

And I was on my own in a search for the gold in life

G C G C G

Oh I was leaving for the East horizon

G C G C G

And Joshua was on sea of diamonds

Em C G

I left my home, it was not wrong for me to leave

Em C G

I could not hold, I loved your promises to keep

Em C G

And I was on my own in a broken bone I cried

D/F# Em C G

And what'd I give to know is it me whose on your mind

Em C G

But I left my love, it was not wrong for me to do

Em C D

The slingshot fired it moved my words from me to you

G C G C G

So I'd been their Lord and Saviour

G C G C G

They loved their trophies, but they hate the labor

Em C G Em C G

The loneliness I ever get

G C G C G

Is when I lose her voice inside the wind

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About Sailor Song Moitessier Chords by The Lumineers

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