Sailing Man Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A5]
[Am][E][B][Bb]
[Am][B][Bbdim][E]
[Am][A5][Am][E][B]
[Bb][Am][B][E]
[A5][Am]
[B][Bb][Am][B][E]
[Am][E][Am][E]

[Verse 1]
Oh [Am]captain, my [E]captain, [Am]time to escape
'Cause [C]I'm done [G]wasting [B]away
[G#m]There's always[Am] a someone
who wants you to stay
[E]But why[Eb]? Oh,[B] why[E]?

[Verse 2]
You com[Am]mand me to [E]listen,
you [Am]beg me to wait
But [C]I keep drifting a[B]way
[G#m]'Cause I know y[Am]ou'll make sense
if I let [E]you ex[Ebm]plain[B]
[E]I am the

[Verse 3]
[Am]reason for this treason
but it [C]ain't no fault of [B]mine
[G#m]Forgiving[Am] and forgetting
[B]the line is very [E]fine

[Verse 4]
[Am]Baby I am what I am
I'm gonna be a [B]sailing man
[A#]Away from land
[Am]I ain't got nobody to hold me [C]down
[Am]Baby you can't understand
I wanna be a [B]sailing man
[A#]Away from land
[Am]I ain't got nobody to
hold [B]me now, oh- [E]oh!

[Verse 5]
Oh [Am]captain, my [E]captain, [Am]take me away
'Cause [C]I'm getting [G]wasted [B]again
[G#m]I know h[A5]ow you feel s[Am]o
get on with your grieving
You [D#]better be[B]lieve it, I'm [E]leaving
My [Am]mind is a blister,
Jack with a [E]twist yeah
[C]Nobody taught me to [B]stop
[G#m]Relieve [Am]me the pressu[E]re
'cause [Am]I'm gonna d[E]rop[D#][B]
[E]I am [Am]the reason

[Verse 6]
for this treason
but it [C]ain't no fault of [B]mine
[G#m]Forgiving[Am] and forgetting
[B]the line is very [E]fine

[Verse 7]
[Am]Baby I am what I am
I'm gonna be a [B]sailing man
[A#]Away from land
[Am]I ain't got nobody to hold me [C]down
[Am]Baby you can't understand
I wanna be a [B]sailing man
[A#]Away from land
[Am]I ain't got nobody to hold me [B]now,
[E]oh- oh!

[Interlude 1]
[Am][F][B][Am][B][E]
[Am][F][B][Am][B][E]

[Verse 8]
I don't [E]like [Am]it, I don't like it
I've got a feeling that it's [C]good,
and I don't like it
[B]I can't stand i[Am]t, I don't like it
I [C]just don't give a [E]damn!
[Am]Baby I am what

[Verse 9]
I am
I'm gonna be a [B]sailing man
[A#]Away from women
[Am]I ain't got nobody to hold me [C]down
[Am]Baby you can't understand
I wanna be a [B]sailing man
[A#]Away from land
[Am]I ain't got nobody to hold me [B]down,
[E]yeah!

[Verse 10]
I'm [E]gonna be a sailing [Am]man