Red Sails In The Sunset

Words & Music by Jimmy Kennedy & Hugh Williams, 1935
Recorded by The Platters, 1960 (#36)

D   DM7            D7   G       Gm7         D  Cdim  A
Red sails in the sunset,    way out on the sea,

     Bm7-5     A       Em7 A       Em7        D  E7-5  A7
Oh, carry my loved one        home safely to me.


D   DM7            D7      G     Gm7             D  Cdim  A
She sailed at the dawning,   all day I've been blue;

      Bm7-5       A    Em7 A7      Em7         D   Gdim  D
Red sails in the sunset,      I'm trusting in you.


Bridge:

G      G/F#            D
Swift wings you must borrow;

A7    A7sus4  A7        D   DM7
Make straight for the shore.

G     G/F#        D       Bm7
   We marry tomorrow,

     Em7       E7        A7  A7+5
And she goes sailing no more.


D  DM7            D7    G       Gm7       D   Cdim  A
Red sails in the sunset,   way out on the sea,

    Bm7-5    A7             Em7  A7       Em7          D   
Oh carry my loved one        home safely to me.