Harmonica is Vocal Patches - - - 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
Harmonica is - Vocal Patches - - - [Verse 1 - Capo 2 original key - BPM 82] When I was [D] young I'd listen to the [F#m] radio Waiting [Bm] for my [Bm/A] favourite [Gmaj7] songs When they pl [Gmaj7] ayed I'd sing a [F#m7] long It made me smile [Em7][Em7][A/C#][G9/B-x20005]
Those were such [D] happy times and not so [F#m] long ago How I wo [Bm] ndered [Bm/A] where they'd [Gmaj7] gone [C#m7] But they're [Bm] back again Just like a [Bm/A] long lost friend All the [Gmaj7] songs I [Em7] love so [A] well
[Chorus] [G/A] Eve [A]ry [D]sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines [Bm] [Bm riff - Bsus2 to Bm Bsus2 - then x244x2 - mute B with fretting finger x x Bm Bsus2 - Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 B5]
Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're [Bm] startin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [G/A]When [A]they [Bm] get to the part (can play just Asharp to cheat) Where he's [A#aug-x1232x] breaking her heart It can [D] really make me [G#m7] cry Just like be [D] fore [G/A] (double stop) It's yesterday once [Dmaj7] more (D to G/A is quick change) [Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D]lang [G/A]lang [Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D]lang [G/A]lang
[Verse 2] Looking [D] back on how it was in [F#m] years gone by And the [Bm] good times [Bm/A] that I [Gmaj7] had Makes [Gmaj7] today seem rather [F#m7] sad So much has c [Em7] hanged [A/C#][G9/B] It was [D] songs of love that I would [F#m] sing to then And I'd [Bm] memo [Bm/A] rize each [Gmaj7] word [C#m7] Those old [Bm] melodies Still sound so [Bm/A] good to me As they [Gmaj7] melt the y [Em7] ears a [A] way.
[Chorus with variation] [G/A] Eve [A]ry [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines (All the oldies but the [Bm] goodies) Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're s [Bm] tartin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A]
[G/A]All [A]my [Bm] best memories come back [A#aug] clearly to me Some can [D] even make me [G#m7] cry. Just like be [D] fore [G/A] (double stop) It's yesterday once [Dmaj7] more
[Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D]lang [G/A]lang
[G/A] Eve [A]ry [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines [Bm] Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're s [Bm] tartin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [Repeat Chorus Start to end - End on D]
[Possible ending] [G/A] Eve [A]ry [D] sha-la-la-la
