Across The Line Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

D/F♯: 2x0232 (wrap your thumb round the neck for the bass note & muting the A-string)

G: 320033 or 320003

Intro

Em F♯m7 Bm7 A

Verse 1

 I've sEm7ailed the whole world over, aF♯m7cross the seven seas

 I cBm7ourted my sweetheart undernAeath the Kaori trees

I travelled with the north wind, up to the Bering Strait

Around the horn and home again; for that is the sailor's fate

Instrumental

Bm7 A

Verse 2

same as verse 1)

Across the barren wasteland of the frozen Arctic sea

Through Polynesian breezes and southern storms sailed we

The wind all in the rigging sings a lonely lullaby

 A sBm7ailor I have always been;A a sailor I will Bmdie

Chorus

 AcD/F♯ross the lGine, the GDulf Stream

GWorking your life awDay

 ArD/F♯ound the hGorn and hBmome again

A For that is the sailor's Bmway

Instrumental

Bm7 A

G Bm A D A G

D G

F♯m F♯m7

Bm7 A

Verse 3

different)

GWe sailed up to the nAorthward, we sailed up to the eBmast

 We reefed our sail in the stF♯m7rongest gale and stood in the calmest sGea

Ocean bound by Dusky Sound and Pegasus through the strait

Port Cooper, ocean, Tom Kane Bay; for that is the sailor's fate

Instrumental

Em7 F♯m7

G Bm A D A G

D G

F♯m F♯m7

Chorus

Across the line, the Gulf Stream

Working your life away

Around the horn and home again

Across the line, the Gulf Stream

Working your life away

Around the horn and home again

For that is the sailor's way

Outro

Bm A G F♯m7 Bm

Enjoy!