Notes - play in A - Esus4/A to E/A to Asus2 for some of verse But in chorus play E/A to A over 'Sail ing' - sounds beautiful
Droning riff A D E -0-0-0------0-0-0-------------------- B -0-0-0------x-x-x-------------------- G -2-1-x------2-1-1--------------------- D -2-2-2------0-0-0-------------------- A -0-0-0---------------------------- E -------------------------------
[Intro - free time] A D Dadd2 - Bm F#m7 D/A(x00234) D(x0235)
[Then arp section - A riff with high B open, then B 0 to 2 - snare is light muted downstroke on strings]
[Verse 1] A(droning riff) Well, it's not far down to paradise, at least it's not for me F#m(24x422 to 244222 - mute D string in first chord with surrounding fingers) And if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility D(xx0200 to xx0220) Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see A Believe me (E/A to A)
[Verse 2] D It's not far to never-never land, no reason to pretend F#m And if the wind is right you can find the joy of innocence again D Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see A Believe me
[Chorus] A D Sailing takes me away to where I've always heard it could be Bm F#m Just a dream and the wind to carry me E D/A And soon I will be free
[Tag] A Fantasy, it gets the best of me E/G# F#m When I'm sailing D All caught up in the reverie, every word is a symphony A Won't you believe me?
[Chorus] A D Sailing takes me away to where I've always heard it could be Bm F#m Just a dream and the wind to carry me E D/A And soon I will be free
[Interlude] A A E# G A# C - G G C C G# A# E# G - A
[Verse 3] D Well it's not far back to sanity, at least it's not for me F#m And if the wind is right you can sail away and find serenity D Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see A Believe me
[Chorus] A D Sailing takes me away to where I've always heard it could be Bm F#m Just a dream and the wind to carry me E D/A And soon I will be free
Play the NOTES D,E,G,A. (D 0h2 G 0h2) Then play barre CHORDS: G D/F# Em D - C Bm C D then straight into the verse
[Verse 1 - No drums] I [Em] left my heart to the [C] sappers round Khe Sanh [G][C][G][D] And my [Em] soul was sold with my [C] cigarettes to the [D] Black [D6] market [D7] man [B] I've had the [Em] Vietnam cold [C] turkey, from the [G] ocean to the [G/F#] silver [C] city And it's [Am] only other [F] vets would understand [D][D6][D7][B] About the [Em] long forgotten [C] dockside guarantees [G][C][G][D] How there were [Em] no V-day [C] heroes in [D] 19 [D6] 7 [D7] 3 [B] How we [Em] sailed into Sydney [C] harbour, Saw an [G] old friend but [G/F#] couldn't [C] kiss her She was [Am] lined, and I was [D] home to the lucky land [G][C][G][D]
[Verse 2 - Drums in] And she was [Em] like so many [C] more from that time on [G][C][G][D] Their [Em] lives were all so [C] empty, till they [D] found their [D6] chosen [D7] one [B] And their [Em] legs were often [C] open But their [G] minds were [G/F#] always [C] closed And their [Am] hearts were held in [F] fast suburban [D] chains [D6][D7][B]
And the [Em] legal pads were [C] yellow, hours [G] long, pay [C] packet [G] lean [D] And the [Em] telex writers [C] clattered where the [D] gunships [D6] once had [D7] been [B] But the [Em] car parks made me [C] jumpy And I [G] never [G/F#] stopped the [C] dreams Or the [Am] growing need for [D] speed and novacaine [G][C][G][D]
[Verse 3] So I [Em] worked across the [C] country end to end [G][C][G][D] Tried to [Em] find a place to [C] settle down, where my [D] mixed up [D6] life could [D7] mend [B] Held a [Em] job on an [C] oil-rig Flying [G] choppers [G/F#] when I [C] could But the [Am] nightlife nearly [F] drove me round the bend [D][D6][D7][B] And I've [Em] travelled round the [C] world from year to year [G][C][G][D] And [Em] each one found me [C] aimless, one more [D] year the [D6] worse for [D7] wear [B] And I've been [Em] back to South East [C] Asia But the [G] answer [G/F#] sure ain't [C] there But I'm [Am] drifting north, to [D] check things out a [G] gain [C][G][D]
[Synth Solo CHORDS] Em C G D Em C D B Em C G C Am D (G C G D)
[Verse 4] You know the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney's almost gone [G][C][G][D] Only [Em] seven flying [C] hours, and I'll be [D] landing [D6] in Hong [D7] Kong [B] There ain't [Em] nothing like the [C] kisses From a [G] jaded [G/F#] Chinese [C] princess I'm gonna [Am] hit some Hong Kong [F] mattress all night long [D][D6][D7][B]
Well the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney's almost gone [G][C][G][D] Yeah the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney's almost gone [D][D6][D7][B] And it's [Em] really got me [C] worried I'm goin' [G] nowhere [G/F#] and I'm [C] in a hurry You know the [Am] last plane out of [D] Sydney's almost gone [G][C][G][D] (Repeat from "Last Plane" one time) G C G C - G C G G [End]
[Other Notes] Original D (x5777x) D6 (x57777) D7 (x57778) Ebdim (x6787x) (Can replace Bmaj with Ebdim as per above but fuller with B)
