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Intro Chords: G-Bm-C-D
Verse 1:
G Bm
Sailor's coming home again from over the ocean.
C D
He's been away so long, he's forgotten his name.
G Bm
Left it in a heart somewhere, no one to remind him.
C D
Sold it to a stranger, she took it away.
C D
There comes a time when you understand.
C D
Falling in love, is part of the plan.
Chrous:
G
And you can stay awake tonight,
Bm
Thinking up a dozen names.
C
But I can only sleep in your arms.
D
So when I stay awake I'll sail those same oceans again.
Verse 2:
So when I tilt my hat, to the breeze of the evening.
Succumb to the flowers, who say they'll marry me.
Then my lover walk away, hang us like a painting.
So there's no more changes. No more, tales of the sea.
You got to get out, well I understand.
Falling apart, wasn't part of the plan.
Chrous:
G
And you can stay awake tonight,
Bm
Thinking up a dozen names.
C
But I can only sleep in your arms.
D
So when I stay awake I'll sail those same oceans again.
(Trumpet Solo: G-Bm-C-D Progression)
C D
You got to get out, well I understand.
C D
Losing yourself, wasn't part of the plan.
Verse 3:
G Bm
Sailor's coming home again from over the ocean.
C D
He's been away so long, he's forgotten his name.
G Bm
Left it in a bar somewhere, one drunken evening.
C D
If you talk to strangers baby, you might not come home.
C D
There comes a time, when you understand.
C D
Falling in love,is part of the plan.
Chrous:
G
And you can stay awake tonight,
Bm
Thinking up a dozen names.
C
But I can only sleep in your arms.
D
So when I stay awake I'll sail those same oceans again.
G
And you can stay awake tonight,
Bm
Thinking up a dozen names.
C
But I can only sleep in your arms.
D
So when I stay awake I'll sail those same oceans again.