Jimmie Rodgers – The Sailors Plea (Guitar)

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(3/4) [Intro] | C | C | G | G | | A7 | D | G | G | [Verse 1]
G
Dear sweetheart, as I write to you

   C                    G
My heart is filled with pain

G
For if these things I hear are true

     A7             D7
I'll never see you again
[Verse 2]
     G
They tell me darlin', that tonight

C                  B7
You'll wed another man

    C               G
But if you do, I'll tell you true

   A7        D7    G
My boat will never land
[Break] | G | G | D | D7 |
| D7 | D7 | G | G |
(yodel)
[Interlude] | G | G | G | G | | C | C | G | G | | G | G | G | G | | A7 | D7 | G | G | [Verse 3]
G
You promised that you would wait for me

     C                    G
That nothin' could come between

G
That in my arms someday you'd be

   A7                D7
My wife and lovely queen
[Verse 4]
  G
I builded you that cozy home

    C             B7
And made a garden there

    C                G
And planted too with my own hands

      A7      D7       G
Sweet flowers rich and rare
[Break] | G | G | D | D7 |
| D7 | D7 | G | G |
(yodel)
[Interlude] | G | G | G | G | | C | C | G | G | | G | G | G | G | | A7 | D7 | G | G | [Verse 5]
G
My future hopes are placed in you

C                      G
You've been my guiding star

G
Please write and tell me that you're true

       A7                D7
To the sailor who waits afar
[Verse 6]
     G
Just tell me that you love me yet

C                   B7
Still long to be my wife

C               G
I'll return and then we'll wed

    A7     D     G
And live a happy life
[Outro] | G | G | D | D | | D7 | D7 | G | G | | G | G | D7 | D7 |
| D7 | D | G | G |
(yodel)