The Wailin' Jennys - Swing Low Sail High Chords
Tempo:
96.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
B
C#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [Em]
[E]
[B] [E]
[B]
[C#m]
[E] I have failed you, I have failed you I have lost my [B] way, lost my [E] nerve and failed
But I love you, how I [B] love you [A] I have turned my back, left you [E] last but I
love you [C#m] Oh, sad and sad, [B] no, sing [A] more, I've found
my heart [C#m] Heart don't [B] give up now, while [A] there's still
time [C#m] [E] Time don't beat your old [F#] tree, stay a little
while with [A] me Till love unfolds me [E] in the [B] end
[C#m] [A]
I [E] have waited, I have [B] waited [A] For the day where the evening [E] kill I'm waiting
But there's no one who makes it all [B] come true [A] Just altars gathering dust while [E] we bow to them
[C#m] Oh, night bring [E] all your shadows [A] and your silence [E] Silence make a hostage [A] of my mind
[C#m] Mind ring [B] on your [F#] trickery, like dogs nip on at my [A] heels Till love unfolds [E] me in the [B] end
[E]
[B] [A] Swing low, [E] sail [B] [F#m]
[A] high [C#m] Swing
[F#] low, [A] sail [E]
high
I
[C#m] [A]
[E] have failed you, I have failed you [B] I've closed my [A] heart, I [E] have failed you
But I love you, [B] how I love you [A] All my days were [E] rearranged to say I love you
[C#m] Oh, sad and sun [B] don't weep for [A] all the things you lose [C#m] Morning [B] comes as sure as it [A] must die
[C#m] Dying [B] is such mystery, [F#] yet I wonder will it [A] be When I've [B] let the whole [E] thing
Swing low, [B] [A]
[C#m] sail [A] high [E] Swing [A] low, [C#m] sail [A] high
[E] [A]
[C#m] [A]
[E]
[C#m] [A]
[E]
[E]
[B] [E]
[B]
[C#m]
[E] I have failed you, I have failed you I have lost my [B] way, lost my [E] nerve and failed
But I love you, how I [B] love you [A] I have turned my back, left you [E] last but I
love you [C#m] Oh, sad and sad, [B] no, sing [A] more, I've found
my heart [C#m] Heart don't [B] give up now, while [A] there's still
time [C#m] [E] Time don't beat your old [F#] tree, stay a little
while with [A] me Till love unfolds me [E] in the [B] end
[C#m] [A]
I [E] have waited, I have [B] waited [A] For the day where the evening [E] kill I'm waiting
But there's no one who makes it all [B] come true [A] Just altars gathering dust while [E] we bow to them
[C#m] Oh, night bring [E] all your shadows [A] and your silence [E] Silence make a hostage [A] of my mind
[C#m] Mind ring [B] on your [F#] trickery, like dogs nip on at my [A] heels Till love unfolds [E] me in the [B] end
[E]
[B] [A] Swing low, [E] sail [B] [F#m]
[A] high [C#m] Swing
[F#] low, [A] sail [E]
high
I
[C#m] [A]
[E] have failed you, I have failed you [B] I've closed my [A] heart, I [E] have failed you
But I love you, [B] how I love you [A] All my days were [E] rearranged to say I love you
[C#m] Oh, sad and sun [B] don't weep for [A] all the things you lose [C#m] Morning [B] comes as sure as it [A] must die
[C#m] Dying [B] is such mystery, [F#] yet I wonder will it [A] be When I've [B] let the whole [E] thing
Swing low, [B] [A]
[C#m] sail [A] high [E] Swing [A] low, [C#m] sail [A] high
[E] [A]
[C#m] [A]
[E]
[C#m] [A]
[E]
Key:
A
E
B
C#m
F#
A
E
B
[E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ I have failed you, I have failed you I have lost my [B] way, lost my [E] nerve and failed
But I love you, how I [B] love you [A] I have turned my back, left you [E] last but I
love you [C#m] Oh, sad and sad, [B] no, sing [A] more, I've found
my heart [C#m] Heart don't [B] give up now, while [A] there's still
time _ [C#m] [E] Time don't beat your old [F#] tree, stay a little
while with [A] me Till love unfolds me [E] in the [B] end _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
I [E] have waited, I have [B] waited [A] For the day where the evening [E] kill I'm waiting
But there's no one who makes it all [B] come true [A] Just altars gathering dust while [E] we bow to them
[C#m] Oh, night bring [E] all your shadows [A] and your silence _ [E] Silence make a hostage [A] of my mind
[C#m] Mind ring [B] on your [F#] trickery, like dogs nip on at my [A] heels Till love unfolds [E] me in the _ [B] end
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] Swing low, _ [E] sail _ [B] _ [F#m] _
_ [A] high [C#m] Swing _
[F#] low, _ _ _ [A] sail _ _ _ _ [E]
high
I _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] have failed you, I have failed you [B] I've closed my [A] heart, I [E] have failed you
But I love you, [B] how I love you [A] All my days were [E] rearranged to say I love you
[C#m] Oh, sad and sun [B] don't weep for [A] all the things you lose [C#m] Morning [B] comes as sure as it [A] must _ die
[C#m] Dying [B] is such mystery, [F#] yet I wonder will it [A] be When I've [B] let the whole [E] thing
_ Swing low, [B] _ _ _ [A] _
[C#m] sail _ _ [A] high _ _ [E] Swing _ [A] low, _ _ _ [C#m] sail _ _ [A] high _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ I have failed you, I have failed you I have lost my [B] way, lost my [E] nerve and failed
But I love you, how I [B] love you [A] I have turned my back, left you [E] last but I
love you [C#m] Oh, sad and sad, [B] no, sing [A] more, I've found
my heart [C#m] Heart don't [B] give up now, while [A] there's still
time _ [C#m] [E] Time don't beat your old [F#] tree, stay a little
while with [A] me Till love unfolds me [E] in the [B] end _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
I [E] have waited, I have [B] waited [A] For the day where the evening [E] kill I'm waiting
But there's no one who makes it all [B] come true [A] Just altars gathering dust while [E] we bow to them
[C#m] Oh, night bring [E] all your shadows [A] and your silence _ [E] Silence make a hostage [A] of my mind
[C#m] Mind ring [B] on your [F#] trickery, like dogs nip on at my [A] heels Till love unfolds [E] me in the _ [B] end
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] Swing low, _ [E] sail _ [B] _ [F#m] _
_ [A] high [C#m] Swing _
[F#] low, _ _ _ [A] sail _ _ _ _ [E]
high
I _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] have failed you, I have failed you [B] I've closed my [A] heart, I [E] have failed you
But I love you, [B] how I love you [A] All my days were [E] rearranged to say I love you
[C#m] Oh, sad and sun [B] don't weep for [A] all the things you lose [C#m] Morning [B] comes as sure as it [A] must _ die
[C#m] Dying [B] is such mystery, [F#] yet I wonder will it [A] be When I've [B] let the whole [E] thing
_ Swing low, [B] _ _ _ [A] _
[C#m] sail _ _ [A] high _ _ [E] Swing _ [A] low, _ _ _ [C#m] sail _ _ [A] high _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _
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