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Come Sail Away by Styx
Come Sail Away
C Dm Em Dm C G
C Em Am Am\G\F
I'm sailing away,
G
set an open course for the virgin sea
C Em Am Am\G\F
'Cause I've got to be free,
G
free to face the life that's ahead of me
Am G
On board I'm the captain, so climb aboard
Am G
We'll search for tomorrow, on every shore
C G Am Am\G\F
And I'll try, oh Lord, I'll try,
G C
to carry on
C Dm Em Dm C G
C Em Am Am\G\F
I look to the sea,
G
reflections in the waves spark my memory
C Em Am Am\G\F
Some happy, some sad,
G
I think of childhood friends, and the dreams we had
Am G
We lived happily forever, so the story goes
Am G
But somehow we missed out, on the pot of gold
C G Am Am\G\F
But we'll try, best that we can,
G C
to carry on
C F
A gathering of angels,
G F
appeared above my head
C F
They sang to me this song of hope,
G F
and this is what they said, they said
C F
Come sail away, come sail away,
C F
come sail away with me, lads
C F
Come sail away, come sail away,
C F
come sail away with me
C F
Come sail away, come sail away,
C F
come sail away with me, lads
C F
Come sail away, come sail away,
C F
come sail away with me
C F
I thought that they were angels,
G F
but much to my surprise;
C F
we climbed aboard their starship,
G F
and headed for the skies
C F
Come sail away, come sail away,
C F
come sail away with me, lads
C F
Come sail away, come sail away,
C F C F G F
come sail away with me 5x
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version 2
Intro - C - F - G - F - C - G
e|-0-------------------------------------(thrill)---------------------------|
B|---3-1-----3-1---3-1----3-1--1p0-0h1~---01010~-0-0-1----------------------|
G|----------------0----0----------2---------------2-------------------------|
D|-------2-3-----3------3---------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C G Am F G
I'm sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea
C G Am F G
I've got to be free, free to face the life that's ahead of me
Am G
On board, I'm the captain, so climb aboard
Am G
We'll search for tomorrow on every shore
C G Am F G C F G F C G
And I'll try, oh Lord, I'll try to carry on
C G Am F G
I look to the sea, reflections in the waves spark my memory
C G Am
Some happy, some sad
F G
I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had
Am G
We live happily forever, so the story goes
Am G
But somehow we missed out on that pot of gold
C G Am F G C F G F C F G F
But we'll try best that we can, to carry on
C F G F
A gathering of angels appeared above my head
C F G F
They sang to me this song of hope, and this is what they said
C F
They said come sail away, come sail away
G F
Come sail away with me .. lad
C F
Come sail away, come sail away
G F
Come sail away with me
(keyboard, break)
Ab Gb
C F G F
I thought that they were angels, but to my surprise
C F G F
They climbed aboard their starship and headed for the skies
C F
Singing come sail away, come sail away
G F
Come away with me
C F
Come sail away, come sail away
G F
Come sail away with me (rpt to end)
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version 3
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Chords:
C x32010
Em7 022003
Am x02210
G* x2003x
F 133211
G 320033
Intro (paino arr. guitar):
Some of the spacing here is off because I had to make the two guitars line up, but don't
let it throw you off. You should know how the song goes.
e|-----10--8-------------10----8-----------------10----8-----------------10-|
B|-----------------------------------------8-----------------8--------------|
G|-9-----------9---10----------------10----------------------------10-------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---8---8---8---8----10----10----10----10----12----12----12----12----10----|
G|-9---9---9---9---10----10----10----10----12----12----12----12----10----10-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----8-----8p7----7-8---------------787878787878-7----7--------------------|
B|--------------10----------------------------------10----------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ^play faster^ ^trill^ |
e|---------------------------8---8------------------------------------------|
B|-10----10-----10-----8---8------------------------------------------------|
G|----10----10-------9---9-----9---9----9----9----9----9--------------------|
D|-----------------------------------10---10---10---10----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1 (sorry I can't be arsed to tab out the piano anymore):
C Em7 Am G* F G
I'm sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea. Cause
C Em7 Am G* F G
I've got to be free, free to face the life that's ahead of me
Am G
On board I'm the captain, so climb aboard
Am G
We'll search for tomorrow on every shore, and I'll
C Em7 Am G* F G Intro
try, oh Lord, I'll try to carry on
Verse 2:
C Em7 Am G* F G
I look to the sea reflections in the waves spark my memories
C Em7 Am G* F G
Some happy, some sad I think of childhood friends, and the dreams we had
Am G
We lived happily forever, so the story goes
Am G
But somehow we missed out on the pot of gold, but we'll
C Em7 Am G* F
try, blessed that we can...
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------------|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
to ca- rry on
Bridge (repeat as necessary):
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------6-x-x-6-x-6--xx8-------------xx6-x-x-6-x-6---66----------|
G|-5---------------5-x-x-5-x-5--xx7-------------xx5-x-x-5-x-5---55----------|
D|-5---------------3-x-x-3-x-3--555-------------xx3-x-x-3-x-3---33----------|
A|-3------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5--x5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5--x5-5-5-5-5-5-3-----3---3--xx5--x5-5-5-5-5-5-3-----3---3---xx----------|
A|-3--x3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3---3--xx5--x5-5-5-5-5-5-3-----3---3---xx----------|
E|-----------------1-----1---1--xx3--x3-3-3-3-3-3-1-----1---1---xx----------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Chorus:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------6--x-6--x-6-6------8----x--8-8------x--6-x-6-x-6-6---|
G|-5-----x---5-5-----x-5--x-5--x-5-5------7----x--7-7------x--5-x-5-x-5-5---|
D|-5-----x---5-5-----x-3--x-3--x-3-3------5----x--5-5------x--3-x-3-x-3-3---|
A|-3-----x---3-3-----x-3--x-3--x-3-3------5----x--5-5------x--3-x-3-x-3-3---|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Come sail away, come sail away... sail away with me |
e|-20p15p12-[x4]-------20p17p13-[x4]-----22p19p15-[x4]--------20p17p13-[x4]-|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The palm-muted part (repeat as necessary):
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----6---6-------6---6-------6--------------------------------------------|
A|---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6------------------------------------------|
E|-4-----------4-----------4------------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I'm not going to tab out those keyboards but if you want to just improvise, I think that
final note before it goes back into the bridge again is an E (12th fret e string or
17th fret B string, or bend the 15 up to 17 while you hit the 12). Play the bridge and
chorus with the tapping in the background and fade out. Here's part of the outro solo:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------15~---|
B|-----------------13-15b17-15b17~-------r15p13-15b17~-------r15p13---------|
G|-----------12-14-------------------------------------------------14-------|
D|-----12h14----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-/15----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-15b17~-15b17r15-15~-15b17~--15-13-12---------12b13~-12b13~-19b20~-19b20~-|
B|--------------------------------------13~---------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-18tr17-18b20r18-18b20~--r18~----------15-17-17b18r17-15~----15p13-12-----|
B|---------------------------------17-18--------------------------------13--|
G|------------------------------17------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------13-13~---15b17-----13-13~---15b17--------13-13~----15b17-17r15-13|
G|-12-12h14------14--------14-------14--------12h14--------14---------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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version 4
Intro:
e|----12-10-------12-10-------12-10-------12-10-9----9-10----|
B|------------------------------------------------12------12-|
G|-11-------11-12-------12-14-------14-12--------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
e|10-9^10^9^10^9^10^9^10^9^10-|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Verse 1:
C Em Am G F
I'm sailing away, set an open course
G C Em
for the virgin sea. 'Cause I've got to be
Am G F G
free, free to face the life that's ahead of me.
Am G
On board I'm the captain, so climb aboard.
Am G
We'll search for tomorrow on ev'ry shore. And I'll
C Em Am G F G Intro
try, oh Lord, I'll try to carry on.
Verse2:
C Em Am G F
I look to the sea, reflections in the
G C Em
waves spark my memories. Some happy, some
Am G F G
sad, I think of childhood friends, and the dreams we had.
Am G
We lived happily forever, so the story goes.
Am G
But somehow we missed out on the pots of gold. And I'll
C Em Am G F Ending
try, oh Lord, I'll try to carry on
Heres the part when it gets cool.
guitar 1 plays:
e|--------------------------------|
b|------------6--6-6-8--6--6-6----|
g|--5--x-x-x--5--5-5-7--5--5-5--5-|
d|--5--x-x-x--3--3-3-5--3--3-3--5-|
a|--3--x-x-x--------------------3-|
E|--------------------------------|
guitar2 plays this:
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------|
g|--5-------------------------------------------------|
d|--5-------3----3-----3----5-------------3-----------|
a|--3-------3----3-----3----5-------------3-----------|
E|----------1----1-----1----3-------------1-----------|
Verse 3:
A gathering of angels, appeared above my head
They sang to me this song of hope
And this is what they said...
they said,
Chorus:
C F/C G/C F/C
Come sail away, Come sail away, Come sail away with me, let's
C F/C G/C F/C
Come sail away, Come sail away, Come sail away with me
C F/C G/C F/C
Come sail away, Come sail away, Come sail away with me, babe
C F/C G/C F/C
Come sail away, Come sail away, Come sail away with me
Verse 4
I thought they were angels, but to my suprise
They climbed on aboard their starship
We're headed for the skies...
saying
Come sail away, Come sail away, Come sail away with me.. lets,
Come sail away, Come sail away, Come sail away with me
Come sail away, Come sail away, Come sail away with me.. babe,
Come sail away, Come sail away, Come sail away with me
solo: Play behind vocals
fingertapping:
t t t t t t t
e|-15^12^8-15^12^8-15^12^8-15^12^8--17^13^8-17^13^8-17^13^8-|
b|----------------------------------------------------------|
g|----------------------------------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------------------------|
a|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
t t t t t t
e|--17^13^8--19^15^10-19^15^10-19^15^10-19^15^10--17^13^8--|
b|---------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------|
d|---------------------------------------------------------|
a|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
t t t
e|-17^13^8-17^13^8-17^13^8-|
b|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|
a|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------13--15bvvvvv-15b--r15--13vv--15bvvvvvvvv--|
g|------------12-14--------------------------------------------|
d|--------/14--------------------------------------------------|
a|--/15vv------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
b|-15-13--18bvvvvvv--20b---20b--r20vvvv------------------|
g|----------------------------------------19p17----------|
d|----------------------------------------------21p17----|
a|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------18bvvv--18bvvv---------|
b|--18bvvvvvvv-r18p16--18bvvvvvv-------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
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version 5
Contributor
j.b.
fig.1 repeat 3x
e------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------
g-5----10-x-10-10-x-x-12---10-x-10-10-x-x-5------
d-5----10-x-10-10-x-x-12---10-x-10-10-x-x-5------
a-3-----8-x--8--8-x-x-10----8-x--8--8-x-x-3------
e------------------------------------------------
^only play this the first time
fig.2 fig.3
e------------------------------------ -------------
b------------------------------------ -------------
g-10-x-10-10-x-x-12---10-x-10-10-x-x- -5-x-x-5-x---
d-10-x-10-10-x-x-12---10-x-10-10-x-x- -5-x-x-5-x---
a--8-x--8--8-x-x-10----8-x--8--8-x-x- -3-x-x-3-x---
e------------------------------------ -------------
fig.3(continued)
e-------------------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------------------
g-10-10-x-10-x-x-12-x-x-12-x-10-10-x-10-x-x-------
d-10-10-x-10-x-x-12-x-x-12-x-10-10-x-10-x-x-------
a--8--8-x--8-x-x-10-x-x-10-x--8--8-x--8-x-x-------
e-------------------------------------------------
fig.3 goes along with the words
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version 6
C Em Am F G
I'm sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea
C Em Am F G
I've got to be free, free to face the life that's ahead of me
Am G
On board, I'm the captain, so climb aboard
Am G
We'll search for tomorrow on every shore
C Em Am G C
And I'll try, oh Lord, I'll try to carry on
C Em Am F G
I look to the sea, reflections in the waves spark my memory
C Em Am
Some happy, some sad
F G
I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had
Am G
We live happily forever, so the story goes
Am G
But somehow we missed out on that pot of gold
C Em Am G
But we'll try best that we can to carry on
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~5~~~~~5~5~5~5~5/10~x~10~10~x~12~~~~~12~12~12~12~12~~~10~x~10~10~x~5~~~~
~5~~~~~5~5~5~5~5/10~x~10~10~x~12~~~~~12~12~12~12~12~~~10~x~10~10~x~5~~~~
~3~~~~~3~3~3~3~3/8~~x~8~~8~~x~10~~~~~10~10~10~10~10~~~8~~x~8~~8~~x~3~~~~
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gathering of angels appeared above my head
They sang to me this song of hope, and this is what they said they said
come sail away, come sail away Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away Come sail away with me
I thought that they were angels, but to my surprise
They climbed aboard their starship and headed for the skies
Singing come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
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version 7
Verse 1:
C Cmaj7 Am F G
I'm sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea
C Cmaj7 Am F G
I've got to be free, free to face the life that's ahead of me
Am G
On board, I'm the captain, so climb aboard
Am G
We'll search for tomorrow on every shore
C Cmaj7 Am F G
And I'll try, oh Lord, I'll try to carry on
Verse 2:
C Cmaj7 Am F G
I look to the sea, reflections in the waves spark my memory
C Cmaj7 Am
Some happy, some sad
F G
I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had
Am G
We live happily forever, so the story goes
Am G
But somehow we missed out on that pot of gold
C Cmaj7 Am F G
But we'll try best that we can to carry on
Fill: x2
C F G F
C F G F
A gathering of angels appeared above my head
C F G F
They sang to me this song of hope, and this is what they said
They said
Chorus: x2
C F
Come sail away, come sail away
G F
Come sail away with me
C F
Come sail away, come sail away
G C
Come sail away with me
Fill: x2
C F G F
C F G F
I thought that they were angels, but to my surprise
C F G F
They climbed aboard their starship and headed for the skies
Singing
C F
Come sail away, come sail away
G F
Come sail away with me
C F
Come sail away, come sail away
G F
Come sail away with me
C F
Come sail away, come sail away
G F
Come sail away with me
C F
Come sail away, come sail away
G F
Come sail away with me
C F
Come sail away, come sail away
G F
Come sail away with me
C F
Come sail away, come sail away
G F
Come sail away with me
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version 8
Intro - C - Dm - Em - Dm - C - G
C Bm Am G F G
I'm sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea
C Bm Am G F G
I've got to be free, free to face the life that's ahead of me
Am G
On board, I'm the captain, so climb aboard
Am G
We'll search for tomorrow on every shore
C Bm Am G F G C Dm Em Dm C G
And I'll try, oh Lord, I'll try to carry on
C Bm Am G F G
I look to the sea, reflections in the waves spark my memory
C Bm Am G F
Some happy, some sad
G
I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had
Am G
We live happily forever, so the story goes
Am G
But somehow we missed out on that pot of gold
C Bm Am G F G C Dm Em Dm C G
But we'll try best that we can, to carry on
( Im still not sure about this part.
Looks like variations of C and G. Corrections welcome. )
C G
A gathering of angels appeared above my head
C G
They sang to me this song of hope, and this is what they said
C
They said come sail away, come sail away
G
Come sail away with me .. lad
C
Come sail away, come sail away
Ab
Come sail away with me
(This break uses Ab most of the way i think)
C G
I thought that they were angels, but to my surprise
C G
They climbed aboard their starship and headed for the skies
C
Singing come sail away, come sail away
G
Come away with me
C
Come sail away, come sail away
G Ab
Come sail away with me
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version 9
Intro: (*Piano arr. for guitar)
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|-17----------17-|-18----------18-|-20----------20-|
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|-----22--20--20p19p17h19h20-|
|-18-------------------------|
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|----8---8---8----8-|----10----10----10----10-|
|------9---9--------|-------10----10----------|
|-10-----------10---|-12----------------12----|
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|----12----12----12----12-|----10----10----10----10-|
|-------12----12----------|-------10----10----------|
|-14----------------14----|-12----------------12----|
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|-20--------------------|--------------------|
|-------20--------------|--------------------| Then the Verse starts...
|-----------17----17----|-16(17)----16----16-|
|-----------------------|--------------19----|
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