The Beach Boys – Sail On Sailor (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] x2 G C/G [Verse 1]
G                 C/G G               C/G
I sailed an ocean,    unsettled ocean

G                     C/G G
Through restful waters    and deep commotion

Ebmaj9 Am7/D     Ebmaj9  Am7/D
Often frightened,    unenlightened

Ebmaj7     F        G
Sail on, sail on sailor
[Verse 2]
G                   C/G G                       C/G
I wrest the waters,      fight Neptune's waters

G                        C/G G
Sail through the sorrows     of life's marauders

Ebmaj9 Am7/D     Ebmaj9     Am7/D
Unre-  penting,       often empty

Ebmaj7     F        G
Sail on, sail on sailor
[Pre-bridge]
D                 D#dim  Em
Caught like a sewer rat alone but I sail

D                      D#dim  Em
Bought like a crust of bread, oh do I wail
[Bridge 1]
       Am7 Em         Am7 Em
Seldom stumble, never crumble

       Am7 Em           Am7 Em
Try to tumble, life's a rumble

          G   Am7           G  Am7
Feel the stinging I've been given

      G  Am7       G   C
Never ending, unrelenting

           Am7 Em          Am7 Em
Heartbreak searing, always fearing

      Am7 Em       Am7 Em
Never caring, persevering

Ebmaj7    F        G
Sail on, sail on, sailor
[Verse 3]
G                   C/G G                       C/G
I work the seaways,      the gale-swept seaways

G                           C/G G
Past shipwrecked daughters      of wicked waters

Ebmaj9 Am7/D     Ebmaj9           Am7/D
Unin-  spired,       drenched and tired

Ebmaj7     F        G
Sail on, wail on, sailor
[Bridge 2]
       Am7 Em         Am7 Em
Always needing, even bleeding

      Am7 Em         Am7 Em
Never feeding all my feelings

          G  Am7         G  Am7
Damn the thunder, must I blunder

           G  Am7         G  C
There's no wonder all I'm under

         Am7 Em         Am7 Em
Stop the crying and the lying

        Am7 Em         Am7 Em
And the sighing and my dying

Ebmaj7    F        G
Sail on, sail on sailor
[Coda] (repeat to fade)
Ebmaj7    F        G
Sail on, sail on, sailor