Randy Newman – Sail Away (Guitar Intro)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Randy Newman From: "Sail Away" (1972) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Hardly a guitar song, but it works, I think. It's difficult to reproduce the intro because of all the suspended notes. I left them out and just put the straight chords here. Listen to my demo recording, so you know what the tab sounds like: https://soundcloud.com/maguri/sail-away-master --------------------------------------------------------------------------- capo: 3rd fret play: D key: F --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Whatever your strumming pattern may be, try to incorporate the following voicings:
[Verse]
  D                Bm7              E7sus4
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|x-------x-------|x---0---x-------|x-------x-------|x---0---x-------|
B|3-------3-------|3---3---3-------|3-------3-------|3---3---3-------|
G|2-------2-------|2---2---2-------|2-------2-------|2---2---2-------|
D|0-------0-------|0---0---0-------|2-------2-------|2---2---2-------|
A|----------------|2---2---2-------|2-------2-------|2---2---2-------|
E|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|0---0---0-------|

  Asus4                             D
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|x-------x-------|x---0---x-------|x-------x-------|x---0---x-------|
B|3-------3-------|3---3---3-------|3-------3-------|3---3---3-------|
G|2-------2-------|2---2---2-------|2-------2-------|2---2---2-------|
D|2-------2-------|2---2---2-------|0-------0-------|0---0---0-------|
A|0-------0-------|0---0---0-------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

[Link] / [Outro]
  D                Bm7              E7sus4           Asus4
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
 |x-------x-------|x---0---x-------|x-------x-------|x---0---x-------|
B|3-------3-------|3---3---3-------|3-------3-------|3---3---3-------|
G|2-------2-------|2---2---2-------|2-------2-------|2---2---2-------|
D|0-------0-------|0---0---0-------|2-------2-------|2---2---2-------|
A|----------------|2---2---2-------|2-------2-------|0---0---0-------|
E|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|----------------|

[Chorus]
  D           Dsus D                G            C/G G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2-------2-----3-|2-------2-------|3-------3-----3-|3-------3-------|
B|3-------3-----3-|3-------3-------|0-------0-----1-|0-------0-------|
G|2-------2-----2-|2-------2-------|0-------0-----0-|0-------0-------|
D|0-------0-----0-|0-------0-------|0-------0-----2-|0-------0-------|
A|----------------|----------------|x-------x-----x-|x-------x-------|
E|----------------|----------------|3-------3-----3-|3-------0-------|

  D                Bm7              E7              A7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|4-------4-------|3-------3-------|
B|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|
G|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|4-------4-------|2-------2-------|
D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|
A|----------------|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|0-------0-------|
E|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|----------------|

  D           Dsus D                G            C/G G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2-------2-----3-|2-------2-------|3-------3-----3-|3-------3-------|
B|3-------3-----3-|3-------3-------|0-------0-----1-|0-------0-------|
G|2-------2-----2-|2-------2-------|0-------0-----0-|0-------0-------|
D|0-------0-----0-|0-------0-------|0-------0-----2-|0-------0-------|
A|----------------|----------------|x-------x-----x-|x-------x-------|
E|----------------|----------------|3-------3-----3-|3-------0-------|

  D       Bm7      E7     A7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2-------2-------|4-------3-------|
B|3-------3-------|3-------2-------|
G|2-------2-------|4-------2-------|
D|0-------0-------|2-------2-------|
A|--------2-------|2-------0-------|
E|----------------|0---------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS and SPECIAL VOICINGS (capo 3rd fret)
       E-A-D-G-B-E

[Intro]
A6     x-0-2-2-2-2
A7     x-0-2-0-2-0
G/D    x-x-0-0-0-3
D/F#   x-x-4-2-3-2
A/E    x-x-2-2-2-0
G      3-x-0-0-3-x

[Verse] / [Link] / [Outro]
D      x-x-0-2-3-x
Bm7    x-2-0-2-3-x
E7sus4 0-2-2-2-3-x
Asus4  x-0-2-2-3-x

[Chorus]
D      x-x-0-2-3-2
Dsus4  x-x-0-2-3-3
G      3-x-0-0-0-3
C/G    3-x-2-0-1-3
Bm7    x-2-0-2-3-2
E7     0-2-2-4-3-4
A7     x-0-2-2-2-3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro]
D     F#                 Bm          D7
  In America, you'll get food to eat

G              A6              A7         G/D           D/F#   A/E   G/D
Won't have to run through the jungle, and scuff up your feet

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

G              A6     A7       G/D  D/F#  G
 It's great to be an American 
[Verse 1]
D           Bm7                       E7sus4
   Ain't no lions or tigers, ain't no mamba snake

Asus4                                D
   Just the sweet watermelon and the buckwheat cake

D       Bm7                   E7sus4
   Everybody is as happy as a man can be

Asus4                             D
   Climb aboard little wog, sail away with me
[Chorus]
      D    Dsus4 D         G    C/G G
Sail away,           sail away

        D                Bm7                   E7   A7
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay

      D    Dsus4 D         G    C/G G
Sail away,           sail away

        D         Bm7    E7          A7        [ D ]
We will cross the mighty ocean, into Charleston Bay
[Interlude] | D | Bm7 | E7sus4 | Asus4 | [Verse 2]
D      Bm7           E7sus4
   In America, every man is free

Asus4                               D
   To take care of his home and his family

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

Asus4                               D
   You're all gonna be an American
[Chorus]
      D    Dsus4 D         G    C/G G
Sail away,           sail away

        D                Bm7                   E7   A7
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay

      D    Dsus4 D         G    C/G G
Sail away,           sail away 

        D         Bm7    E7          A7        [ D ]
We will cross the mighty ocean, into Charleston Bay
[Outro]
| D | Bm7 | E7sus4 | Asus4 |
(repeat and fade)