Randy Newman – Sail Away (Guitar)

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---------------................ *from 'Sail Away' (1972)* (Original Key: F) Verse 1:

D     F#7                Bm7         D7
 In A-merica, you'll get food to eat;

G              A7                         G/B           D/A  D/C#  G/B
 Won't have to run through the jungle and scuff up your feet.

D            F#7                        Bm7          D7
 You'll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day;

G              A7              G/B  D/A  G
 It's great to be an American.

Verse 2:

D         Bm7                       E7sus4      E7
 Ain't no lions or tigers, ain't no mamba snake,

A7sus4    A7                       D
 Just the sweet watermelon and the buckwheat cake.

      Bm7                   E7sus4     E7
Every-body is as happy as a man can be,

A7sus4   A7                        D
 Climb a-board, little wog, sail a-way with me.

Chorus 1:

       D   G/D  D
Sail a-way,

       G   C/G  G
Sail a-way.

F#dim7   D/A              Bm7                    E7  A7
 We will cross the mighty ocean, into Charleston Bay.

       D   G/D  D
Sail a-way,

       G   C/G  G
Sail a-way.

F#dim7   D/A       Bm7    E7          A7sus4     D   Bm7  E7sus4  A7sus4
 We will cross the mighty ocean, into Charleston Bay.

Verse 3:

D     Bm7           E7sus4      E7
 In A-merica, every man is free,

A7sus4   A7                       D
 To take care of his home and his family.

D             Bm7                    E7sus4       E7
 You'll be as happy as a monkey in a monkey tree;

A7sus4            A7             D
 You're all gonna be an American.

Chorus 2:

       D   G/D  D
Sail a-way,

       G   C/G  G
Sail a-way.

F#dim7   D/A              Bm7                    E7  A7
 We will cross the mighty ocean, into Charleston Bay.

       D   G/D  D
Sail a-way,

       G   C/G  G
Sail a-way.

F#dim7   D/A       Bm7    E7          A7sus4    (D)
 We will cross the mighty ocean, into Charleston Bay.

Outro: D Bm7, E7sus4 A7sus4 (Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- D F#7 Bm7 D7 G A7 G/B D/A EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx0232 242322 x24232 xx0212 320003 x02223 x20033 x00232 D/C# E7sus4 E7 A7sus4 G/D C/G F#dim7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x40232 020200 020100 x02030 xx0003 332010 xx1212 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])