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The Sailor's Plea by Jimmie Rodgers
The Sailor's Plea
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:G
Capo:no capo
(3/4)
[Intro]
| C | C | G | G |
| A7 | D | G | G |
[Verse 1]
G
Dear sweetheart, as I write to you
C G
My heart is filled with pain
G
For if these things I hear are true
A7 D7
I'll never see you again
[Verse 2]
G
They tell me darlin', that tonight
C B7
You'll wed another man
C G
But if you do, I'll tell you true
A7 D7 G
My boat will never land
[Break]
| G | G | D | D7 |
| D7 | D7 | G | G |
(yodel)
[Interlude]
| G | G | G | G |
| C | C | G | G |
| G | G | G | G |
| A7 | D7 | G | G |
[Verse 3]
G
You promised that you would wait for me
C G
That nothin' could come between
G
That in my arms someday you'd be
A7 D7
My wife and lovely queen
[Verse 4]
G
I builded you that cozy home
C B7
And made a garden there
C G
And planted too with my own hands
A7 D7 G
Sweet flowers rich and rare
[Break]
| G | G | D | D7 |
| D7 | D7 | G | G |
(yodel)
[Interlude]
| G | G | G | G |
| C | C | G | G |
| G | G | G | G |
| A7 | D7 | G | G |
[Verse 5]
G
My future hopes are placed in you
C G
You've been my guiding star
G
Please write and tell me that you're true
A7 D7
To the sailor who waits afar
[Verse 6]
G
Just tell me that you love me yet
C B7
Still long to be my wife
C G
I'll return and then we'll wed
A7 D G
And live a happy life
[Outro]
| G | G | D | D |
| D7 | D7 | G | G |
| G | G | D7 | D7 |
| D7 | D | G | G |
(yodel)
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