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Intro:
F Gm
FIve been GmsailiFn'   Gm  FIve been GmsailiFn' for so so loA#ng
FIve been GmlovinF'    Gm  FIve been GmlovinF' for so so loA#ng
FOh well the joke is on me causCe she set me free and I didnt A#realizeGm  
FThe joke was on me yeah cause Cshe set me free and I didnt rA#ealizeGm  
Solo:
F Gm
Well Ive been sailin' Ive been sailin' so so long
And Ive been lovin' Ive been lovin so so hard
Yeah but then the joke was on me cause he set me free and i didnt realize
But then the joke was on me cause she set me free and i didnt realize
Solo
And if Ci should die A#on top of that hilCl
FI wGmont Fmake a fuss    Gm   Fbut my baby GmwillF  
Solo
Well I love FsaiGmlin'F  
So the Cmoon came sA#hinin' through the Ctrees
Im gonna cFatch Gmyou    F       Gm  Flookin' A#back at Fme
yeah so this was my first tab. i did it by ear. the recording i have is a live 
one so its kinda hard to hear whats being played and sung. Please feel free to 
correct the chords or the lyrics
-peace

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Sailing

by The Kooks

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Intro:

F Gm

F Gm F Gm F Gm F A#

Ive been sailin' Ive been sailin' for so so long

F Gm F Gm F Gm F A#

Ive been lovin' Ive been lovin' for so so long

F C A# Gm

Oh well the joke is on me cause she set me free and I didnt realize

F C A# Gm

The joke was on me yeah cause she set me free and I didnt realize

Solo:

F Gm

Well Ive been sailin' Ive been sailin' so so long

And Ive been lovin' Ive been lovin so so hard

Yeah but then the joke was on me cause he set me free and i didnt realize

But then the joke was on me cause she set me free and i didnt realize

Solo

C A# C

And if i should die on top of that hill

F Gm F Gm F Gm F

I wont make a fuss but my baby will

Solo

F Gm F

Well I love sailin'

C A# C

So the moon came shinin' through the trees

F Gm F Gm F A# F

Im gonna catch you lookin' back at me

yeah so this was my first tab. i did it by ear. the recording i have is a live

one so its kinda hard to hear whats being played and sung. Please feel free to

correct the chords or the lyrics

-peace

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