Come Sail Away - Styx

(fing.) C Dm Em  Dm C G b-a-b

C --0030 Am(--2210) . . a g Fmaj7(--3210)                     G
I'm sailing away . . . . . . . . . . . . set an open course for the virgin sea
        C     --0030        Am  . . . . a g Fmaj7                                  G
'Cuz I've . . . got to be free . . . . . . . . free to face the life that's ahead of me
/A    Am                  /A    Am    /G      G       /G    G
. On board I'm the captain . . . . . so climb aboard
/A        Am              /A        Am  /G     G      /G     G
. We'll search for tomorrow . . . . . on every shore
             C       -20030G     Am | ||||-G Fmaj7(103210)  G           C
And I'll try . . . oh lord . I'll try . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to carry on
Dm Em  Dm C G b-a-b

C(strum) -20030       Am(-02210) . . | G Fmaj7(103210)                          G
I . . . . . look to . the sea . . . . . . . . . reflections in the waves spark my memory
C         -20030        Am..||||G Fmaj7                                       G
Some...happy some sad...I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had
 /G/G#/A              Am              /A    Am    /G          G        /G      G
. . . . . . . We lived happily forever . . . . . . . . so the story goes
/G/G#/A     Am                /A              Am    /G              G          /G     G
 .  But somehow we missed out . . . . . . . . . on the pot of gold
               C       -20030         Am | ||||-G Fmaj7(103210)  G
But we'll try . . . best that we can . . . . . . . . . . to carry on
C . . . . . .F..F..F.G/C(-35433)||... F..F..F.C|| . . . F..F..F.G/C||....F..F..F

C||| . . . . . .      F..F..F.G/C||...                       F..F..F.

A gathering of angels . appeared above my head
C|| . . . . . . .               F..F..F.               G/C||.......                 F..F..F
They sang to me this song of hope  . . and this is what they said .. they said
C  -|||..              F-|||..                           G-|||..              F--|-..
Come sail away come sail away come sail away with me lads
C-|||..                  F-|||..                        G                     F
Come sail away come sail away come sail away with me
C  -|||..              F-|||..                           G-|||..              F--|-..
Come sail away come sail away . come sail away with me
C-|||..                  F-|||..                        G                     G# . . . . C# | |
Come sail away come sail away come sail away with me

G#    G# F# (x16)
C|| . . . F..F..F.G/C||....F..F..F C|| . . . F..F..F.G/C||....F..F..F

   C||| . . . . . .                  F..F..F.     G/C||...             F..F..F.
I thought that they were angels but much to my surprise
       C||| . . . . . .                F..F..F.       G/C||...               F..F..F.
We climbed aboard their starship and headed for the skies
C-|||..                  F-|||..                        G                       F
Come sail away come sail away come sail away with me lads
C  -|||..              F-|||..                           G -|||..              F--|-..
Come sail away come sail away come sail away with me
C-|||..                  F-|||..                        G                       F
Come sail away come sail away come sail away with me (x)

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Written by Dennis DeYoung / Styx.

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