Sailing Chords by Henry Kapono

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But anyway, that song inspired me to write this next song.
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I wrote it for my [B] dad. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ He's captain of a small ship. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] And he called her the queen.
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_ _ [Db] _ _ [B] And Jackson was an old _ _ [Abm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Abm] skipper of the [B] sea. _
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[Abm] And he dreams [B] about [E] one day _ _ _ _ _ _ an island he'll [B] find. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I lost in the [E] _ ocean. _ _ _ _ _
She's passing in [B] time. _
_ _ And [E] _ _ [B] he'd rather be [E] _ _ _ sailing, _ _ _ sailing _ _ _ [Gb] away.
_ _ _ _ [E] And [B] _ _ he'd rather [E] be _ _ sailing, _ _ _ _ _ sailing _ [B] away. _ _ _
_ _ And _ he'd rather be [E] _ _ sailing. _ _
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And he's been to [E] places. _
And _ _ _ _ [Abm] he knows them quite [B] well. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ It feels like just [E] _ _ dreams. _ _ _ _
_ Without stories to [B] tell. _
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[B] And he loves [E] his lady. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And [Abm] his whiskey is [B] sweet. _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Db] _ But [Eb] sailing's his [E] _
first love. _ _ _ _
And keeps us so [B] free. _ _
_ _ [E] And _ [B] he'd rather be [E] _ _ _ sailing, _ _ _ _ sailing _ _ [B] _
away.
_ _ _ And _ he'd rather [E] be _ _ sailing, _ _ sailing _ _ _ _ [Gb] away. _ _ _ _
[B] And he'd _ _ rather [E] be _ _ sailing. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Ebm] And I wrote this [B] song. _
I was [E] cutting my dad smoking a cigarette. _ _
I asked him, hey dad, _ _ _ why [B] can't we smoke in the cigarette?
_ _ And he says, well son, _ _ [E] I smoke a cigarette for company.
[Abm] _ _ [E] _ I guess I wasn't enough company at the time.
[B] _ _ But anyway, _ _ eventually I caught on to it. _ _
[E] _ And I wrote this song for him.
_ And he never sailed in his life.
I never called him Jackson.
[Abm] _ [B] He says, I was a captain at his [Abm] ship.
He was a great captain.
[B] _ _
And it goes [E] where the wind blows. _
_ _ _ _ And [Abm] it flows with the [B] tide. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ He's just going [E] _
_ nowhere. _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] Just going for the [Db] ride. _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ Because a cigarette for [E] company. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And a [Abm] shot for good [B] times.
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And a [Eb] sunset to [E] fall _ _ _ _ _ _ _ into the [B] _ _ night. _
And _ he'd rather be [E] _
_ _ sailing, _ _ _ _ _ sailing _ _ [B] away. _
_ _ And _ he'd rather be [E] _ _ _ sailing, yes he was, _ _ sailing _ away.
[B] _ _ _ _ And _ _ he'd rather be _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ sailing _ _ away.
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
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