...SAIL ON... by The Commodores
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*from 'Midnight Magic' (1979)*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: C#)


Intro:

C, Dm, C

Verse 1:

C (x32010@1)Sail on down the line,
         DmAbout (xx0231@1)a, half a mile or so.
Don't really wanna know,
C (x32010@1)Where you're going.

C (x32010@1)Maybe once or twice you see,
Dm (xx0231@1)Time after time I tried,
To hold on to what we got,
    CBut (x32010@1)now you're going.

Chorus 1:

F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)And I don't mind,
          CAbout (x32010@1)the things,
       C/B (x2555x@1) Am (x02210@1)    C7You're (x32310@1)gonna sail on,
F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)I give all my money,
       C (x32010@1)  C/B (x2555x@1) Am, C7And (x32310@1)my time.
F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)I know it's a shame,
        CBut (x32010@1)I'm giving you,
C/B (x2555x@1)      Am (x02210@1)Back your name,
G (320003@1)    F (133211@1)Yeah, yeah.

Bridge 1:

     F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)   DmYes, (xx0231@1)I'll be on my way,
  F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)     DmI (xx0231@1)won't be back to stay.
  F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)    DmI (xx0231@1)guess I'll move a-long,
                  C (x32010@1)    GI'm (320003@1)looking for a good...time.

Interlude:

C, Dm, C

Verse 2:

C (x32010@1)Sail on down the line, it's,
Dm (xx0231@1)Funny how the time can go,
Friends says they told me so,
       CBut (x32010@1)it doesn't matter.

C (x32010@1)It was plain to see,
     DmThat (xx0231@1)a small town boy like me,
Just wasn't your cup of tea,
      CI (x32010@1)was wishful thinking.

Chorus 2:

F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)I gave you my heart,
      CAnd (x32010@1)I tried to,
C/B (x2555x@1)     Am (x02210@1)   C7 (x32310@1)Make you happy,
F (133211@1)And you gave me,
G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)  C/B (x2555x@1)Am (x02210@1)Nothing in re-turn.
C7 (x32310@1)         F (133211@1)You know it ain't,
           GSo (320003@1)hard to say,
          CWould (x32010@1)you please,
     C/B (x2555x@1)AmJust (x02210@1)go a-way...
G (320003@1)    F (133211@1)Yeah, yeah.

Bridge 2:

     F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)    DmI've (xx0231@1)thrown away the blues,
    F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)   DmI'm (xx0231@1)tired of being used.
       F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)    DmI (xx0231@1)want every-one to know,
                  C (x32010@1)    GI'm (320003@1)looking for a good...time.
Bb (x1333x@1)  F (133211@1)   G (320003@1)Good time...

Coda:

Fmaj7
 Sail on,
Em7
 Honey,
Fmaj7
 Good times,
      Em7     Dm7
Never felt so good.

Fmaj7
 Sail on,
Em7
 Honey,
Fmaj7
 Good times,
      Em7     Dm7
Never felt so good.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C (x32010@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)    F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)     C/B (x2555x@1)   Am (x02210@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32010  xx0231  133211  320003  x20010  x02210

   C7 (x32310@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)   Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)  Em7     Dm7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x32310  x13331  x03210  022030  xx0211


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)