Sail Away

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: soprano C
Randy Newman
Sail Away (1972)
(Newman)
From: "Sail Away"

Verse 1

  F       Dm7      G7               C7sus4           F
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Chorus

             Fsus4                            Bbsus4
  F               F                Bb              Bb
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

Chorus

  F               Dm               G7              C7
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

Interlude and Outro

  F               Dm               G7 (no 3rd!)    Csus4
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

Verse 2

  F               Dm               G7 (no 3rd!)
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

Verse 2

  Csus4                            F
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

Verse 2

SPECIAL CHORDS
(Intro]           [Verse 1]
C6     0-0-0-0    Dm7    2-2-1-3
C      0-0-3-x    G7     0-2-1-2
                  C7sus4 0-0-1-1
[Chorus]          [Interlude, Verse 2 and Outro]
Fsus4  3-0-1-x    F      2-0-1-x
Bbsus4 3-3-1-1    Dm     2-2-1-x
                  G7     0-2-1-x (no 3rd!)
                  Csus4  0-0-1-x

Intro

F     A                  Dm          F7
  In America, you'll get food to eat
Bb             C6              C           Bb            F     C     Bb
 Won't have to run through the jungle, and scuff up your feet
F             A                          Dm           F7
  You'll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day
Bb             C6     C        Bb  F  Bb
 It's great to be an American

Verse 1

F           Dm7                       G7
   Ain't no lions or tigers, ain't no mamba snake
C7sus4                                F
   Just the sweet watermelon and the buckwheat cake
F       Dm7                   G7
   Everybody is as happy as a man can be
C7sus4                            F
   Climb aboard little wog, sail away with me

Chorus

      F    Fsus4 F         Bb    Bbsus4 Bb
Sail away,           sail away
        F                Dm                    G7   C7
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay
      F    Fsus4 F         Bb    Bbsus4 Bb
Sail away,           sail away
        F         Dm     G7          C7        [ F ]
We will cross the mighty ocean, into Charleston Bay

Interlude

| F | Dm | G7 (no 3rd!) | Csus4 |

Verse 2

F      Dm            G7 (no 3rd!)
   In America, every man is free
C7sus4                               F
   To take care of his home and his family
F               Dm                     G7 (no 3rd!)
   You'll be as happy as a monkey in a monkey tree
C7sus4                              F
   You're all gonna be an American

Chorus

      F    Fsus4 F         Bb    Bbsus4 Bb
Sail away,           sail away
        F                Dm7                   G7   C7
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay
      F    Fsus4 F         Bb    Bbsus4 Bb
Sail away,           sail away
        F         Dm7    G7          C7        [ F ]
We will cross the mighty ocean, into Charleston Bay

Outro

| F | Dm | G7 (no 3rd!) | C7sus4 |
(repeat and fade)