Tracy Chapman – I Used To Be A Sailor (Guitar)

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[Intro] A D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D (4x) [Verse 1]
A                 D  Dsus4   D   Dsus2   D
I used to be a sailor

A                        D  Dsus4   D   Dsus2   D
Who sailed across the seas

A                   D  Dsus4   D   Dsus2   D
But now I'm just an island

           G             D
Since they took my boat away from me

   A      D  Dsus4   D   Dsus2   D
Oh no
[Link] A D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D [Chorus 1]
A            D            G
I don't like being stationary

A          D          G
I like the rocky wavy motions of the sea

A         D                F
I sit and rot behind these padded walls

           G
Hoping one day they'll fall

           A     D  Dsus4   D   Dsus2   D
And set me free
[Link] A D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D [Verse 2]
A                  D  Dsus4   D   Dsus2   D
He wrote his epitaph

A                  D  Dsus4   D   Dsus2   D
He wrote his eulogy

         A                  D  Dsus4   D   Dsus2   D
It said "I think that I can die now

G                      D
For my true love won't come for me"

   A      D  Dsus4   D   Dsus2   D
Oh no
[Link] A D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D [Chorus 2]
A            D            G
I don't like being stationary

A          D          G
I like the rocky wavy motions of the sea

A         D                F
I sit and rot behind these padded walls

           G
Hoping one day they'll fall

           A      D  Dsus4   D   Dsus2   D
And set me free
[Link] A D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D [Verse 3]
A                 D  Dsus4   D   Dsus2   D
I used to be a sailor

A                        D  Dsus4   D   Dsus2   D
Who sailed across the seas

A                   D  Dsus4   D   Dsus2   D
But now I'm just an island

           G             D
Since they took my boat away from me

   A       D  Dsus4   D   Dsus2   D
Oh no
[Link] A D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D [Chorus 3]
A            D            G
I don't like being stationary

A          D          G
I like the rocky wavy motions of the sea

A         D                F
I sit and rot behind these padded walls

           G
Hoping one day they'll fall

           A
And set me free

       D  Dsus4   D   Dsus2   D
Set me free
Set me free
       A
Set me free