Mark Knopfler - Sailing To Philadelphia Chords & Tabs

 

Sailing To Philadelphia Chords & Tabs

Mark Knopfler Chords & Tabs

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Sailing To Philadelphia Tab

   
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I'm                             F#m
Jeremiah Dixon I am a Geordie boy A glass of wine with you, sir And the
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ladies I'll enjoy  All Durham and Northumberland Is measured up by my own
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hand  It was my fate from birth To make my mark upon the earth
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He calls me Charlie Mason A stargazer am I It seems that I was born
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To chart the evening sky They'd cut me out for baking bread
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But I had other dreams instead This baker's boy from the west country
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Would join the Royal Society...

Chorus:

       A       E          F#m       D    A
We are sailing    to Philadelphia
         C#m          Bm        E
A world away from the coaly Tyne
C#m             F#m       D     F#m
Sailing to Philadelphia
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To draw the line
  D    E      A
A Mason-Dixon Line

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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mark_knopfler/sailing_to_philadelphia_tab.html ]
F#m
Now you're a good surveyor, Dixon But I swear you'll make me mad
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The West will kill us both You gullible Geordie lad You talk of liberty
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How can America be free A Geordie and a baker's boy
Dmaj7                Eadd9
In the forests of the Iroquois...
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Now hold your head up, Mason See America lies there
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The morning tide has raised The capes of Delaware Come up and feel the
D    E             A    D     E                A       D
sun A new morning has begun Another day will make it clear
Dmaj7                Eadd9
Why your stars should guide us here...


Chorus:

       A       E          F#m       D    A
We are sailing    to Philadelphia
         C#m          Bm        E
A world away from the coaly Tyne
C#m             F#m       D     F#m
Sailing to Philadelphia
                 E
To draw the line
  D    E      A
A Mason-Dixon Line

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