Capo 7th fret
Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
If I had been born 200 years ago
I would have been a sailor, a-Sailing I would go
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I'd sail around the capes across the seven seas and then back home
If I had been born 200 years ago
and I would know the waters and the waters would know me
I would cut across the waves and be as happy as can be
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Id be landless Id be loveless Id be flight and fancy free
and would know the waters and the waters would know me
And when I think about the place and time were I was born
well I wonder if the hands of fate have slipped and placed me wrong
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cos there are ships I could have sailed and sailors boots I could've worn
when I think about the place and time were I was born
But the ocean is still out there magnificent and wide
With open arms to hold me, and endless space to hide,
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And the only things that hold me back are things I hold inside
The ocean is still out there magnificent and wide
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
A-Sailing I should go