Sailor's Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][Bm][D][A][Bm][D]
fell [A]in love with a

[Verse 1]
[Bm]
[D]sailor
Near the dock[A]s of my [Bm]hometown[D]
When I [A]was young and full of an[Bm]ger[D]
He brought [A]me up when I was [Bm]down

[Verse 2]
Saying, [Bm]"How many years
has it been like that?"
[G]And when we ooh
[D]I'v[A]e got trouble tryna lose y[Bm]ou
And when we [G]ooh
[D]I'v[A]e got trouble tryna

[Interlude 1]
care
[Bm][D][A][Bm][D][A][Bm][D]
Left [A]the coast in early morn

[Verse 3]
[Bm]ing[D]
Watched his [A]boat sail out [Bm]to sea
[D]Silence is [A]a golden mou[Bm]ntain
[D]The last [A]words you said [Bm]to me

[Verse 4]
Saying, [Bm]"How many years
has it been like that?"
[G]And when we ooh
[D]I'v[A]e got trouble tryna lose y[Bm]ou
And when we [G]ooh
[D]I'v[A]e got trouble tryna care[Bm]

[Verse 5]
Well [Bm]I met this nice girl in a port
of town just west of home
[F#m]She told m[Bm]e she didn't
like the direction
That her life was about to go
So I took her on [F#]my boat a[Bm]nd we
made the love under the stars
And I told her something about a mountain
So she'd leave before night was dark

[Verse 6]
Saying, [Bm]"How many years has
it been like that?"

[Verse 7]
Don't leave me dying out here like this
[Bm]
[G]And when we ooh[D]
[A]I've got trouble tryna los[Bm]e you
And when we [G]ooh[D][A]
I've got trouble tryna [Bm]care

[Verse 8]
When we [G]know[D]
When we [A]know I've got
trouble tryna [Bm]lose you
When we [G]know[D]
When we [A]know I've got trouble tryna care
[Bm]