Intro
     G                           G/D G6/E 
e |--3-3-3---3-3-3--|--3-3-3---3---------| x2
B |--3-3-3---3-3-3--|--3-3-3---3---------| 
G |--0-0-0---0-0-0--|--0-0-0---0---------| 
D |--0-0-0---0-0-0--|--0-0-0---0--0--h2--| 
A |--2-2-2---2-2-2--|--2-2-2---2---------| 
E |--3-3-3---3-3-3--|--3-3-3---3---------| 
  
Verse 1
G                     G/D G6/E G 
   I sailed an ocean,            unsettled ocean, 
G/D G6/E G                         G/D G6/E G 
            Through restful waters,           and deep commotion, 
Bb/Eb           C/D       Bb/Eb           C/D 
       Often frightened,         unen - lightened, 
Bb/Eb      F        G * 
 Sail on, sail on sailor! 
  
Verse 2
G                       G/D G6/E G 
   I wrest the waters,               fight Neptune's waters, 
G/D G6/E G                         G/D G6/E G 
           Sail through the sorrows        ...of life's marauders, 
Bb/Eb          C/D     Bb/Db        C/D 
       Unre - penting,       often empty, 
Bb/Eb     F        G * 
Sail on, sail on sailor! 
  
Bridge
D                      D#dim       Em7 
   Caught like a sewer rat ...a - lone, but I sail, 
D                         D#dim       Em7 
   Bought like a crust of bread, but, oh, do I wail! 
  
Verse 3
        Am7   Em7         Am7   Em7 
Seldom stum - ble, never crum - ble, 
        Am7  Em7           Am7   Em7 
Try to tum - ble, life's a rum - ble! 
           G     Am7               G   Am7 
Feel the sting - ing ...I've been giv - en, 
       G    Am7          G      C 
Never end - ing, unre - lent - ing! 
  
Verse 4
            Am7   Em7         Am7    Em7 
Heartbreak sear - ing, always fear - ing, 
       Am7  Em7          Am7   Em7 
Never car - ing, perse - ver - ing, 
Bb/Eb      F        G * 
Sail on, sail on, sailor! 
  
Verse 5
G                       G/D G6/E G 
    I work the seaways,            the gale-swept seaways, 
G/D G6/E G                           G/D G6/E G 
           Past shipwrecked daughters        ...of wicked waters, 
Bb/Eb           C/D    Bb/Eb               C/D 
       Unin - spired,        drenched and tired, 
Bb/Eb     F         G * 
Wail on, wail on, sailor! 
  
Verse 6
       Am7    Em7        Am7    Em7 
Always need - ing, even bleed - ing, 
       Am7   Em7        Am7     Em7 
Never feed - ing all my feel - ings! 
              G    Am7          G     Am7 
Damn--- the thun - der, must I blun - der, 
            G    Am7            G     C 
There's no won - der all--- I'm un - der! 
  
Verse 7
          Am7   Em7          Am7  Em7 
Stop your cry - ing, and the ly - ing, 
        Am7    Em7         Am7  Em7 
And the sigh - ing, and my dy - ing, 
Bb/Eb       F        G * 
 Sail on, sail on, sailor! 
  
Coda
     Bb/Eb      F        G * 
||:  Sail on, sail on, sailor! :|| Repeat