The Sailor Chords & Lyrics - Mickey Newbury

[Em]Well, my daddy [Am]was a [Em]sailor
A sailor [D]just like [Em]me
His wife was [Am]like my [Em]mother
His [C]love was the [D]silver [Em]sea

He was just another Sailor
Off to find the world
He was just another Sailor
All his cloth unfurled

Singin' [G]la den [D]da n [Em]dao
The [G]water is [D]deep and [Em]it’s wide
The [G]ship went [D]down and the [Em]Captain drowns
[C]Does no [D]good to [Em]cry [C] [D] [Em]

[Am]Turnin' at the gang plank, [Em]he looked me in the eye
He said, [Am]learn to read the truth son that [Em]lies between these lines

I never meet a stranger
Til I've known them for a time
And I'd rather have one penny
Than all the nickel in the brine
Say you double-headed Eagle
Say you can teach me how to fly
Well, [G]tell me [D]then where [Em]would I go
[C]But up in[D]to the [Am]sky
[C]But up in[D]to the s[Em]ky

Oh my Daddy was a Sailor
The salt is in my blood
And here I am in Nashville
Bound deep in this mud

I'm singin' la den da n dao
Yes I'm too far out to sea
So I'll sink with him or I'll swim with them
Across this briney deep

Susie’s in the kitchen doin' dishes
Chris and all his toys have gone to bed
Starin' out the window all I wish is
I could hear the words I'm hearin' in my head