Mark Knopfler – Sailing To Philadelphia (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] Em G Em D [Verse]
     Em
I am Jeremiah Dixon, I am a Geordie boy

                                       G             C
A glass of wine with you, sir, and the ladies I'll enjoy

    D             G      C       D              G      C
All Durham and Northumberland is measured up by my own hand

D            G         C        Em                    D
   It was my fate from birth to make my mark upon the earth
[Verse 2]
   Em
He calls me Charlie Mason, a stargazer am I

                            G                 C
It seems that I was born to chart the evening sky

       D              G      C          D           G        C
They'd cut me out for baking bread, but I had other dreams instead

     D                    G        C         Em                  D
This baker's boy from the west country would join the Royal Society

       G       D         Em    C   G         Bm           Am     D
We are sailing   to Philadelphia,     world away from the coaly Tyne

Bm              Em    C  Em             D         C     D       G
Sailing to Philadelphia     to draw the line, the Mason - Dixon Line
[Solo] Em G Em D [Verse 3]
             Em
Now you're a good surveyor, Dixon, but I swear you'll make me mad

                                G                C
The West will kill us both, you gullible Geordie lad

D              G    C       D        G     C
   You talk of liberty, how can America be free?

  D             G       C          Em                D
A Geordie and a baker's boy in the forests of the Iroquois
[Verse 4]
    Em
Now hold your head up, Mason, see America lies there

                                 G            C
The morning tide has raised, the capes of Delaware

D              G        C    D               G  C
   Come up and feel the sun,   a new morning is begun

  D              G       C      Em                             D
Another day will make it clear, why your stars should guide us here

       G       D         Em    C   G         Bm           Am     D
We are sailing   to Philadelphia,     world away from the coaly Tyne

Bm              Em    C  Em             D
Sailing to Philadelphia     to draw the line

    C     D       G     D     C     D       G
The Mason - Dixon Line,   the Mason - Dixon Line
[Outro] Em G Em D Em G Em D