The Sailor 

Em             Am    Em 
Well, my daddy was a sailor  
         D         Em 
A sailor just like me  
             Am      Em 
His wife was like my mother 
    C            D      Em  
His love was the silver sea  

He was just another Sailor  
Off to find the world  
He was just another Sailor  
All his cloth unfurled  

        G      D    Em 
Singin' la den da n dao  
    G        D        Em 
The water is deep and it’s wide  
    G         D            Em 
The ship went down and the Captain drowns  
C       D       Em   C  D     Em 
Does no good to cry  

Am                         Em 
Turnin' at the gang plank, he looked me in the eye  
         Am                               Em 
He said, learn to read the truth son that lies between these lines  

I never meet a stranger  
Til I've known them for a time  
And I'd rather have one penny  
Than all the nickel in the brine  
Say you double-headed Eagle  
Say you can teach me how to fly  
      G       D          Em 
Well, tell me then where would I go  
C        D      Am    
But up into the sky 
C        D       Em 
But up into the sky  

Oh my Daddy was a Sailor  
The salt is in my blood  
And here I am in Nashville  
Bound deep in this mud  

I'm singin' la den da n dao  
Yes I'm too far out to sea  
So I'll sink with him or I'll swim with them  
Across this briney deep  

Susie’s in the kitchen doin' dishes  
Chris and all his toys have gone to bed  
Starin' out the window all I wish is  
I could hear the words I'm hearin' in my head