Sails Chords by Elton John
- Key: Em
- BPM: 128
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
SAILS CHORDS
[Start] [Verse] Am7 Bm Bm7 Bm Em ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Em7 A7 Em7 I viewed in my presence ■ my hand on my forehead ■ Em Bm Am7 Em7 And sighting the liners ■ of mad merchant seamen ■ D Am7 In search of the living ■ or the spices of China Em7 A7 Em7 ■ Lucy walked gently ■ between the damp barrels ■ Bm7 Am7 Em7 And shut out my eyes ■ with the width of her fingers [Chorus] D Am7 Am Am7 E7 Said she'd guessed the number ■ of bales in the back ■ ■ room A Cmaj7 E7 While the seagulls were screaming ■ Lucy was eating ■ Em A Bm7 Cmaj7 Then we hauled up our colors the ■ ■ way the mother had told us Am7 Bm Em And together we just watched the sails [Inst] Em7 A7 Em7 Bm7 Em Em7 D Dsus4 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ G Am7 Am Em Em7 A7 Em7 Bm ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ D7 Am7 Em7 D Am7 Asus4 Bm7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Em E7 A Cmaj7 While the seagulls were screaming ■ Lucy was ■ eating E7 A C Cmaj7 Then we hauled up our colors the way the mother had told us Am7 Bm Em7 And together we just watched the sails [Chorus] A A7 Em7 Lucy I said in a passage of cotton kegs Bm7 A7 Em7 Can we hold hands ■ I'm sure that it's warmer ■ D Am E7 Then the gulls ate the crumbs ■ of Lucy's sandwich ■ Amaj7 A Bm7 Cmaj7 While the seagulls were screaming ■ Lucy was eating ■ E7 A C Cmaj7 ■ Then we hauled up our colors the way the mother had told us ■ C Am Bm G Em7 Em ■ And together we just watched the sails ■ [End]