Chords for Tracy Chapman - I Used To Be A Sailor (+Lyrics)
Tempo:
63.575 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [D] [A] [D]
[A] [D] [A] [D]
[A] I used [D] to be a [A] sailor, [D] sail across the seas.
[A] [D] Now I'm just an [G] island, since they took my [D] boat away from me.
[A] Oh no.
[D] [A]
[D] [A] I [D] don't like being [G] stationary.
No, no, [A] no.
I like the [D] rocky, [G] wavy motions of the sea.
[A] I sit and [D] write [F] behind these padded walls.
But [G] one day they'll fall and [A] send me.
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[D] He wrote his epitaph.
[A] [D] He wrote his eulogy.
[A] He said, think that I [D] can die [G] now.
But my true [D] love won't come for [A] me.
Oh no.
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[D] I don't like [G] being stationary.
No, [A] no, no.
[D] I like the rocky, [G] wavy motions of the [A] sea.
I sit [D] and write [F] behind these padded walls.
[G] But one day they'll fall [A] and send me free.
[D] [A]
[D] [A] I used to [D] be a [A] sailor, sail [D] across the seas.
[A] Now [D] I'm just an [G] island, since they took my boat [D] away from me.
[A] Oh no.
[D] [A]
[D] [A] I [D] don't like being [G]
stationary.
No, no, [A] no.
I like [D] the rocky, [G] wavy motions of the sea.
[A] I sit [D] and write [F] behind these padded walls.
[G] But one day they'll fall and [A] send me free.
[D] Send me free.
Send [A] me free.
Send me free.
Send [D] me free.
[A] Send me free.
[D] Send me free.
Send [A] me free.
Send me free.
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[A] [D] [A] [D]
[A] I used [D] to be a [A] sailor, [D] sail across the seas.
[A] [D] Now I'm just an [G] island, since they took my [D] boat away from me.
[A] Oh no.
[D] [A]
[D] [A] I [D] don't like being [G] stationary.
No, no, [A] no.
I like the [D] rocky, [G] wavy motions of the sea.
[A] I sit and [D] write [F] behind these padded walls.
But [G] one day they'll fall and [A] send me.
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[D] He wrote his epitaph.
[A] [D] He wrote his eulogy.
[A] He said, think that I [D] can die [G] now.
But my true [D] love won't come for [A] me.
Oh no.
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[D] I don't like [G] being stationary.
No, [A] no, no.
[D] I like the rocky, [G] wavy motions of the [A] sea.
I sit [D] and write [F] behind these padded walls.
[G] But one day they'll fall [A] and send me free.
[D] [A]
[D] [A] I used to [D] be a [A] sailor, sail [D] across the seas.
[A] Now [D] I'm just an [G] island, since they took my boat [D] away from me.
[A] Oh no.
[D] [A]
[D] [A] I [D] don't like being [G]
stationary.
No, no, [A] no.
I like [D] the rocky, [G] wavy motions of the sea.
[A] I sit [D] and write [F] behind these padded walls.
[G] But one day they'll fall and [A] send me free.
[D] Send me free.
Send [A] me free.
Send me free.
Send [D] me free.
[A] Send me free.
[D] Send me free.
Send [A] me free.
Send me free.
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [D] [A]
Key:
D
A
G
F
D
A
G
F
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] I used [D] to be a [A] sailor, [D] sail across the seas.
[A] _ [D] Now I'm just an [G] island, since they took my [D] boat away from me.
[A] Oh no.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] I [D] don't like being [G] stationary. _
No, no, [A] no.
I like the [D] rocky, [G] wavy motions of the sea.
[A] I sit and [D] write [F] behind these padded walls.
But [G] one day they'll fall and [A] send me. _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[D] He wrote his epitaph.
[A] _ [D] He wrote his eulogy.
[A] He said, think that I [D] can die [G] now.
But my true [D] love won't come for [A] me.
Oh no.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[D] I don't like [G] being stationary.
No, [A] no, no.
[D] I like the rocky, [G] wavy motions of the [A] sea.
I sit [D] and write [F] behind these padded walls.
[G] But one day they'll fall [A] and send me free.
_ [D] _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ I used to [D] be a [A] sailor, sail [D] across the seas.
[A] _ Now [D] I'm just an [G] island, since they took my boat [D] away from me.
[A] Oh no.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ [A] _ I [D] don't like being [G]
stationary.
No, no, [A] no.
I like [D] the rocky, [G] wavy motions of the sea.
[A] I sit [D] and write [F] behind these padded walls.
[G] But one day they'll fall and [A] send me free.
[D] Send me free.
Send [A] me free.
Send me free.
Send [D] me free.
[A] Send me free.
[D] Send me free.
Send [A] me free.
Send me free. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] I used [D] to be a [A] sailor, [D] sail across the seas.
[A] _ [D] Now I'm just an [G] island, since they took my [D] boat away from me.
[A] Oh no.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] I [D] don't like being [G] stationary. _
No, no, [A] no.
I like the [D] rocky, [G] wavy motions of the sea.
[A] I sit and [D] write [F] behind these padded walls.
But [G] one day they'll fall and [A] send me. _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[D] He wrote his epitaph.
[A] _ [D] He wrote his eulogy.
[A] He said, think that I [D] can die [G] now.
But my true [D] love won't come for [A] me.
Oh no.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[D] I don't like [G] being stationary.
No, [A] no, no.
[D] I like the rocky, [G] wavy motions of the [A] sea.
I sit [D] and write [F] behind these padded walls.
[G] But one day they'll fall [A] and send me free.
_ [D] _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ I used to [D] be a [A] sailor, sail [D] across the seas.
[A] _ Now [D] I'm just an [G] island, since they took my boat [D] away from me.
[A] Oh no.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ [A] _ I [D] don't like being [G]
stationary.
No, no, [A] no.
I like [D] the rocky, [G] wavy motions of the sea.
[A] I sit [D] and write [F] behind these padded walls.
[G] But one day they'll fall and [A] send me free.
[D] Send me free.
Send [A] me free.
Send me free.
Send [D] me free.
[A] Send me free.
[D] Send me free.
Send [A] me free.
Send me free. _ _ _ _
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