Starts out with a G strummed up and then...

       G             D            C            G      D
(SW)      Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down
       G              D            C            G           D
      We make a little history baby, everytime you come around
       G              D              C             G       D
      Come lose your thoughts upon me, and let your hair hang down
       G                 D             C            G       D
      You are a little mystery baby, everytime you call around
       C              G           D
      We talk about it all night long

                        (ALL... NIGHT LONG)
       C               G      D
      And we define our moral ground

                       (OH...YEAH...)
       Em              G               C                  G      D
(*both)      But when I crawl into your arms, everything, it comes tumbling down
       G            D             C            G      D
      Come sail your ships around me, and burn your bridges down
       G               D            C            G          D
      We make a little history baby, everytime you come around
       C                  G   D    C              G        D
(JN)      Are your faces falling sad now, for you know the time is night
       Em            G                      C              G       D
      Well I must remove your wings, and you, you must try and fly

      (do the beginning [the chorus] a couple times)

      *solo*

      (do the beginning [the chorus} some more and play around with it)
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