EmCG
Oh I'm sailin' away my own true love
EmD/F#G
I'm sailin' away in the morning
EmCG
is there something I can send you from across the sea
EmD/F#G
From the place that I'll be landing?
EmCG
No, there's nothin' you can send me, my own true love
EmD/F#G
There's nothin' I wish to be ownin'
EmCG
Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled
EmD/F#G
From across that lonesome ocean.
EmCG
Oh, but I just thought you might want something fine
EmD/F#G
Made of silver or of golden
EmCG
Either from the mountains of Madrid
EmD/F#G
Or from the coast of Barcelona ?
EmCG
Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night
EmD/F#G
And the diamonds from the deepest ocean
EmCG
I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss
EmD/F#G
For that's all I'm wishin' to be ownin'.
EmCG
That I might be gone a long time
EmD/F#G
And it's only that I'm askin'
EmCG
Is there something I can send you to remember me by
EmD/F#G
To make your time more easy passin'?
EmCG
Oh, how can, how can you ask me again
EmD/F#G
It only brings me sorrow
EmCG
But the same thing I would want from you today
EmD/F#G
I would want again tomorrow.
EmCG
When I got a letter on a lonesome day
EmD/F#G
It was from her ship a-sailin'
EmCG
Saying I don't know when I'll be comin' back again
EmD/F#G
It depends on how I'm a-feelin'.
EmCG
Well, if you, my love, must think that-a-way
EmD/F#G
I'm sure your mind is roamin'
EmCG
I'm sure your thoughts are not with me
EmD/F#G
But with the country to where you're goin'.
EmCG
So take heed, take heed of the western wind
EmD/F#G
Take heed of the stormy weather
EmCG
And yes, there's something you can send back to me
EmD/F#G
Spanish boots of Spanish leather.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.