Capo on 4th fret! Intro: C5 / A5 / G5 / C5 C5 A5 G5 C5 If I was a sailor I would sail you out to sea C5 F5 C5 G5 Take you across the ocean, ask you to marry me A5 F5 G5 C5 Oh if I was sailor I would sail you home to me And if I was a soldier I would march to war for you I'd face every bullet and cannonball that flew Oh if I was a soldier I would wage a war for you And if I was a jailer I would lock you away Then I'd have the key to see you each and every day Oh if I was a jailer I would still have you today And if I was a rich man I'd buy you flowers every day But I am a poor man so I'll pick them on the way Oh if I was a rich man I would pay to make you to stay. Chorus: A5 E5 I've wasted so much time F5 G5 C5 Writing songs and playing on my guitar A5 E5 I've wasted so much love F5 G5 C5 Now I wish I'd never learnt to play a note. And if I had an aeroplane then I'd fly you away Maybe we go to rome or paris for the day Oh if I had an aeroplane then I'd whisk you away And if I was a betting man I'd bet you love me too I'd bet everything I had for the chance to be with you Oh if I was a betting man my odds are (b9)2. A5 E5 I've wasted so much time F5 G5 C5 Writing songs and playing on my guitar A5 E5 I've wasted so much love F5 G5 C5 Now I wish I'd never learnt to play a note. A5 G5 A5 Yeah I wish I'd never learnt to play a note F5 G5 C5 Oh I wish I'd never learnt to play a note. (Solo + Chorus) And if I was a writer I would write a book on you I'd tell them all the stories of the things we used to do Oh if I was a writer I would write a book on you And if I was a painter I'd paint portraits of you Hang them in the galleries like all good painter do Oh if I was a painter I'd paint potraits of you. (Chorus)
