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Getting Started - by FretFusion
To learn Mark Knopfler - Sailing to Philadelphia chords with lyrics, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: F#m, E, A, D, E, F#m, A, E. To get a solid grasp, start slowly at 49 BPM and then match the original tempo of 99 BPM. For a balanced sound, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: A.
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F# _ _ _ _ _ .
F#m _
E _ _ _ _ _ _ .
I
F#m am Jeremiah Dixon, I am a Geordie boy, glass of wine with you sir
A and the ladies
D I'm enjoy.
F#m _
A Old Durham and old
D Thumberland
A _
E is measured up
A by
D my own hand.
F#m _ .
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E It was
A my
D fate from birth to make my mark upon
E the earth.
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F#m He calls me Charlie Mason, stargazer am I, it seems that I was born
A to chart the
D evening sky.
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A E They cut
A me out for
D baking bread, _
E but I had
A other
D dreams instead.
F#m _
E This bigger's boy
A from the
D west country _
F#m would join the Royal
E Society.
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We _ _
A are sailing
E.
to
F#m Philadelphia,
D _ _
A a
C#m world away from
Bm the
E coldy tide.
C#m Sailing to
F#m Philadelphia
D _ _
F#m to draw
E the line, _
D the
E Mason
A Dixon line.
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F#m Now you're a good surveyor Dixon, but I swear you'll make me mad.
The west will kill us both you gullible
D Geordie lad.
F#m _ _
E You
A talk of
D liberty, _ _
E how can
A America
D be free?.
F#m _ .
E A Geordie
A and a
D baker's boy
F#m in the forests of
E Iroquois.
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F#m Now hold your head up Mason, see America
E lies
F#m there.
Morning tide has raised the capes of
D Delaware.
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A _
E Come
A up and
D feel the sun, _ _
E a new
A D morning's begun.
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A _
E Another
A day will
D make it clear, _ _
F#m why your star should
E guide us here.
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A We are sailing
E.
to
F#m Philadelphia,
D _ _
A a
C#m world away
Bm from the
E coldy tide.
C#m Sailing to
F#m Philadelphia
D _ _
F#m to draw the
E _ line,
D the Mason
E _ .
Bm Dixon line.
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D The Mason
E _ .
A Dixon line.
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F#m The _ Mason Dixon line.
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