Note: To play this is in the same key as the original, tune your guitar  
down one whole step, so E is D, B is A, G is F, etc. 
        
INTRO:  
(orchestral strings)  
D   E   F#m        Bm7   F#m7 C#m7  D  
/   /   /          /     /     /    /  
  
VERSE:  
 ?   
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
|0-----0------0--|------0---------|0-----0-------0-|------0---------|  
|---3-----3------|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--3------3------|  
|----4-----4-----|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|----4------4----|  
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
1. Well it's not far down to paradise. At least it's not for me.  
2. It's not far to never never land. No reason to pretend.  
4. It's not far back to sanity.        At least it's not for me.  
  
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
|0------0------0-|------0---------|2-------2-------|0-----2---------|  
|--3------3------|--3--------3----|--3-------3-----|--3------3-----|  
|----4-----4-----|----4-------4---|----4------4----|----4------4----|  
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
And if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility.  
And if the wind is right you can find the joy of innocence again.  
And when the wind is right you can sail away and find serenity.  
  
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
|2------2--------|--4-------4-----|2------2--------|-4----4---------|  
|--3-------3-----|----4-------4---|--3------3------|--4-------4-----|  
|----4------4----|------4------4--|----4------4----|----4-------4---|  
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
The canvas can do miracles.        Just you wait and see.  
  
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
|2------2--------|--4-------4-----|2------2--------|-4----4---------|  
|--3-------3-----|----4-------4---|--3------3------|--4-------4-----|  
|----4------4----|------4------4--|----4------4----|----4-------4---|  
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
Believe me.  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
Chorus:  
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
|2------2--------|--4-------4-----|2------2--------|-4----4---------|  
|--3-------3-----|----4-------4---|--3------3------|--4-------4-----|  
|----4------4----|------4------4--|----4------4----|----4-------4---|  
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
Sailing                   Takes me away to where I've always   
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
|0-----0------0--|------0---------|0-----0-------0-|------0---------|  
|---3-----3------|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--3------3------|  
|----4-----4-----|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|----4------4----|  
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  
 heard it could be.  
  
       Bm7                   F#m7          C#m7     
Just a dream and the wind to carry me and soon I will be