CAPO: 3


Intro: G 

verse 1 
                               C           G 
My name is Isaac Lewis, I'm an able-bodied man 
                                         Am               D 
On the ship the Royal Charter, bound off for Van Diemen's Land 
                          G                               C 
Oh, the sea that took six months to cross, we could do in two 
        Bm                           Am           D 
So it's up that Mersey River, out of Liverpool we flew 


verse 2 
    G                            C 
And some of us were sailors, all hardy, young and old 
    Bm                        C                 D 
And some of us were pioneers, bound off for the gold 
                           G                                  C 
There were merchants and musicians, Christian soldiers of the cross 
   Bm                                  Am                  D 
We stared into that foamy sea, saw our dreams there in the broth 


[Refrão]

     G        C      D      G 
Sail on, sail on and on and on 
   C             Bm     Am               G 
My name is Isaac Lewis, this shall be my song 


verse 3 
                                          C                G 
So we landed there in Botany Bay, and the boys went on the town 
                                    Am               D 
And I met a girl named Emma Gray, I loved her up and down 
                       G                              C 
And I swore that I'd return for her, one more tour at sea 
      Bm                    Am               D 
But I had to tell my father what he meant to me 


verse 4 
                   G                                              C 
For every night, I dreamed a dream, as the wind swept through the sails 
     Bm                          C                D 
That I was in my father's house, back in northern Wales 
                         G                                C 
And I reached out for my father, I said, "I love you very much," 
        Bm                                           Am             D 
But the ship rolled o'er and the dream was drowned before we got to touch 


[Refrão]
 
     G        C      D      G 
Sail on, sail on and on and on 
   C             Bm     Am               G 
My name is Isaac Lewis, this shall be my song 


Verse 5 
                                          C             G 
So I kissed the lips of Emma Gray and set sail for Liverpool 
                                                      Am               D 
And the parrots perched in the riggings, boys and the dolphins swam in schools 
                   G                                          C 
Our trip, it was a pleasant one, till we reached the coast of Wales 
    Bm                          Am              D 
And one day out from Liverpool, god unleashed a gale 


Verse 6 
     G                                         C             G 
Good lord, I've seen some squalls, me boys and hurricanes at sea 
                                  Am              D 
And many nights I'd rediscovered, faith on bended knee 
                    G                                C 
But I never seen it blow so hard, we anchored her at last 
        Bm                                  Am             D 
But the waves rolled o'er the top of us, we had to cut the mast 


Verse 7 
            G                                      C                 G 
And all the mining magnates clutched their gold, believing they'd be saved 
                                               Am              D 
But their bloody greed destroyed them first, beneath the angry waves 
                      G                       C 
All the women and the children, lost to eternity 
    Bm                                       Am             D 
Ah, man has tamed and shaped the land, he'll never tame the sea 


Verse 8 
                      G                                              C 
And every night I had dreamed a dream, as the wind swept through the sails 
     Bm                          Am               D 
That I was in my father's house, back in northern Wales 
                     G                                C 
And I reached for my father, I said, "I love you very much," 
        Bm                                           Am             D 
But the ship rolled o'er and the dream was drowned before we got to touch 



[Refrão]
 
     G    C     D     G 
Sail on,  hmmm, hmmm, hmmm 
C     Bm    Am    G 
hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm 


Verse 9 
                                    C                  G 
We were caught upon the rocks, just ten yards from the shore 
                                      Am             D 
And we saw men standing on the rocks, maybe three or more 
                     G                               C 
And I swear I saw my father waving at me through the squall 
      Bm                                      Am           D 
And I screamed that I was coming home, that's all that I recall 


verse 10 
        G                                      C               G 
For the waves they swept me overboard with the broken mast and sails 
      Bm                                           C                 D 
And I drowned, where as a child I'd fished, on the rocks of northern Wales 
                         G                               C 
And in three days time I washed up on the whitened sandy shore 
    Bm                                Am                 D 
One hundred yards from Moelfre and my father's white oak door 


[Refrão]
 
     G        C      D      G 
Sail on, sail on and on and on 
   C             Bm     Am               G 
My name is Isaac Lewis, this shall be my song 


verse 11 
                                    C                 G 
And some will shout coincidence, or say this can't be true 
                                      Am                D 
I only say, just tell your loved ones what they mean to you 
                       G                             C 
For you shall sail the seas of life, pursuing golden schemes 
     Bm                                 Am             D 
Yet, drown so closely to your home, the cradle of your dreams 


[Refrão]
 
     G        C      D      G 
Sail on, sail on and on and on 
   C             Bm        Am               G 
My name is Isaac Lewis and this has been my song 
   C             Bm        Am               G 
My name is Isaac Lewis and this has been my song