Chords for I could have been a sailor, Glen Yarbrough

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_ _ _ _ _ Ah, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ as I gaze upon the sea, _ all the old romantic legends of my dreams, _
_ _ _ _ _ sails of sand and ropes of sand, such as gleam in ancient glory,
_ and the singing of the sailors, _ and the answer from the shore.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] I made my choice in life, _ [Db] I chose to settle down,
_ I [Ab]
chose [Gb] to take [Ab] a while, _ _ [Bbm] _
and I find pleasure in [Ab] my quiet hours,
and the happy hours, [Bbm] _
_ _ I never [Eb] gave my [Gb] heart its chance to [Ab] roam.
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_ _ _ [F] _ I could have [Bbm] been a sailor, _ _ _ I [Fm] could have sailed the [Db] seven seas,
_ [Gb] with the wind in my face [Db] all day, _ [Ebm] and can't you taste the [F] salty breeze?
I could have [Bbm] been a _ _ _ dreamer, _ [Eb] _ [Fm]
dreams just [Db] fall apart,
_ so I [Fm] settled to [Ebm] stay for [Ab] hours [Db] of my heart.
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_ _ _ _ I'm a lucky man, _ _ _ _ [Ab] I'm the envy of my peers,
_ [Db] I never ask to fail, _ [Ab] no, and I never [Ebm] show my fear.
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_ Surrounded by too [Ab] many friends, I am a one-man band,
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when all the trappings [Gb] of life live [Ab] secondhand.
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_ _ [F] _ I could have [Bbm] been a _ _ sailor, _ _ _ [Fm] _
rolling [Db] through the night,
with [Gb] my sails before [Db] the wind, _ [Ebm] and the stars my [F] only light.
I could have [Bbm] been a _ _ dreamer, _ _ [Fm] watching waves before [Db] me [Db] walk,
_ [Gb] when I [Fm] settled to stay [Ebm] for hours [Gb] of [Db] my heart.
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_ _ _ I find pleasure in [Ab] my quiet hours, and the happy hours,
_ [Bbm] _ _
I never gave [Eb] my [Gb] heart its chance to roam.
I could have [Bm] been a sailor, _ _ _ I [Gbm] could have sailed the [D] seven seas,
[G] with the wind in my face [D] all day, _ [Em] and can't you taste the [Gb] salty breeze?
I could [Bm] have been a dreamer, _ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] but dreams just [D] fall apart,
_ [G] so I [D] settled to stay for [A] hours of my heart.
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Bm] I could have been a sailor, _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _
rolling [D] through the night,
with [G] my sails before [D] the wind, _ and [Em] the stars my [Gb] _ _ _ only [Bm] light.
I could have been a dreamer, _ _ _ watching [Gbm] _
waves before [D] me walk,
_ [G] when I settled [Gbm] to stay [Em] for hours of _ [D] _
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my heart.
I could have [Cm] been a sailor, _ _ _ I [Gm] could have _ sailed [Eb] the seven seas,
[Ab] with the wind in my face [Eb] all day, _ _ [Fm] and can't you taste the [G] salty _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ breeze?
I could have been a dreamer, but dreams just fall [Eb] _ _
apart,
[Ab] so I settled [Eb] to stay [F] for [Bb] hours of [Eb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Cm] my heart.
I _ _ _ [Gm] could have been [Eb] a _
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_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [G] dreamer, _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ watching waves [Eb] before me walk, _
_ [Ab] when I settled [Eb] to stay [Fm] for [Bb] hours _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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of my heart.
I [Gm] could have been _ [Eb] a _ dreamer, [Ab] watching waves before me _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Fm] walk,
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_ [Gm] when I settled _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] to [Gm] stay [Fm] for hours [Eb] of my heart.
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