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Setting Sail

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[Verse]
DmWe face the music togetDm/Gher
Cand thG/Brow our hats in thAme ring
Dmfacing all kinds of weaDm/Gther
Cand noG/Bt afraid of anythiAmngAm/G  
[Chorus]
Fwhen the sun comes up we’ll bF/Ge on our way
Amand we don’t care where Cwe land
Fand the waves are hot but we won’t turn roundF/G  
Amcause your hand is in my haCnd
Fand ooooooF/Goh you make me fCeel inG/BvincibAmle
Dmcause it’s you and meG  
Dmthrough the wind and hailG  
Dmsetting saGil into the woFrldC  
[Verse]
Dmwe build a house out of Dm/Gnowhere
Cand huG/Bng our hearts on tAmhe walls
Dmi guess it all got too Dm/Gfamiliar
Cwe let G/Bit crumble, we leAmt it fall
[Chorus]
Fand the mundane stuff and tF/Ghe day to day
Amwe forget what used to Cbe
Fso i kick myself to F/Gremind myself
Amand it all comes back to Cme
Fand oooooh F/Gwhen we were scCared oG/Bf nothAming, girl
Dmit was you and Gme
Dmthrough the wind and hGail
Dmsetting saGil into the worFldF/G  F/B  F/C  
FsetF/Gting sail into the woFrlCd
F     F/G   F/A   F/C

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Setting Sail

by Gary Clark

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm/G

G/B

Am/G

F/G

F/B

F/C

F/A

[Verse]

Dm Dm/G

We face the music together

C G/B Am

and throw our hats in the ring

Dm Dm/G

facing all kinds of weather

C G/B Am Am/G

and not afraid of anything

[Chorus]

F F/G

when the sun comes up we’ll be on our way

Am C

and we don’t care where we land

F F/G

and the waves are hot but we won’t turn round

Am C

cause your hand is in my hand

F F/G C G/B Am

and oooooooh you make me feel invincible

Dm G

cause it’s you and me

Dm G

through the wind and hail

Dm G F C

setting sail into the world

[Verse]

Dm Dm/G

we build a house out of nowhere

C G/B Am

and hung our hearts on the walls

Dm Dm/G

i guess it all got too familiar

C G/B Am

we let it crumble, we let it fall

[Chorus]

F F/G

and the mundane stuff and the day to day

Am C

we forget what used to be

F F/G

so i kick myself to remind myself

Am C

and it all comes back to me

F F/G C G/B Am

and oooooh when we were scared of nothing, girl

Dm G

it was you and me

Dm G

through the wind and hail

Dm G F F/G F/B F/C

setting sail into the world

F F/G F C

setting sail into the world

F F/G F/A F/C

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