O Sailor

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Gm F
Gm F
Gm F
I'm undecided about you again
Gm C
Mightn't be right that you're not here
D# Dm
It's double-sided, cause I ruined it all
C# Bb
- But also saved myself, by never believing you, Dear
Gm F
Everything good, I deem too good to be true
Gm C
Everything else is just a bore
D# Dm
Everything I have to look forward to
C# Bb
Has a pretty painful and very imposing before
Dm Am
O' Sailor, why'd you do it
Em
What'd you do that for
Dm Am
Saying there's nothing to it
F Em
And then letting it go by the boards
Dm Am
O' Sailor, why'd you do it
Em
What'd you do that for
Dm Am
Saying there's nothing to it
F Em
And then letting it go by the boards
Gm F
I have too been playing with fifty-two cards
Gm C
- Just cause I play so far from my vest
D# Dm
Whatever I've got, I've got no reason to guard
C# Bb
What could I do, but spend my best
Dm Am
O' Sailor, why'd you do it
Em
What'd you do that for
Dm Am
Saying there's nothing to it
F Em
And then letting it go by the boards
Dm Am
O' Sailor, why'd you do it
Em
What'd you do that for
Dm Am
Saying there's nothing to it
F Em
And then letting it go by the boards
G# Fm Cm
And after waiting, fighting patiently on my knees
G# Fm G
All the other stuff tired itself out first, not me
G# Fm Cm
And in its wake, appeared the touch and call
C
Of a different breed
D# Dm D
One who set to get me wise, and got me there
D
And then, got me
Gm F
And what a thing, to know what could be instead
Gm C
Oh, what a blessed curse; to see
D# Dm
It took the agenda from its place in my bed
C# Bb
Made a merry paramour of me
Dm Am
O' Sailor, why'd you do it
Em
What'd you do that for
Dm Am
Saying there's nothing to it
F Em
And then letting it go by the boards
Dm Am
O' Sailor, why'd you do it
Em
What'd you do that for
Dm Am
Saying there's nothing to it
F Em
And then letting it go by the boards

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Gm    F
Gm    F

O Sailor Chords by Fiona Apple

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