Orinoco Flow

--- VERSE 1 ---  

                G                
        Let me sail, let me sail, 
         F     C
let the Orinoco Flow
               G                   
        Let me reach, let me beach 
       F         C
on the shores of Tripoli.
                G                
        Let me sail, let me sail, 
       F            C
let me crash upon your shore
               G                   
        Let me reach, let me beach 
      F            C
far beyond the Yellow Sea.

         --- BRIDGE 1: 4x (Cm , 

 |Bb, F) G --- 

                     "De, de..."

             (G)         F       
        Sail away, sail away, 
C         G
sail away...(4x)

--- VERSE 2 ---  

               G                 
        From Bissau to Palau - in 
     F         C
the shade of Avalon,
              G                    
        From Fiji to Tiree and the 
F         C
Isles of Ebony,
               G                   
        From Peru to Cebu hear the 
F         C
power of Babylon,
              G                
        From Bali to Cali - far 
    F          C
beneath the Coral Sea.

         --- BRIDGE 1: 4x (Cm , 

 |Bb, F) G --- 

                     "De, de..."

--- BRIDGE 2 ---  

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        C                       G 
        Turn it up, turn it up, 
                F       G
turn it up, up, adieu. Ooh.

            (G)         F        
        Sail away, sail away, 
C          G
sail away...(4x)

--- VERSE 3 ---  

                 G                 
        From the North to the 
      F        G
South, Ebudæ into Khartoum,
                G                  
        From the deep sea of Clouds
        F            G
 to the island of the moon,
               G                   
        Carry me on the waves to 
  F              G
the lands I've never been,
              G                    
        Carry me on the waves to 
  F              G
the lands I've never seen.

--- Verse (this mixes all 

-|previous ones plus the Chorus) ---  

               G                   
        We can sail, we can sail on
     F      C
 the Orinoco Flow,
               G            F     
        We can sail, we can sail. 
       F         C        G
(sail away, sail away, sail away)
               G                 
        We can steer, we can near 
         F             G
with Rob Dickins at the wheel,
               G                
        We can sigh, say goodbye 
         F          G
Ross and his dependencies....
               G             F    
        We can sail, we can sail. 
       F         C         G
(sail away, sail away, sail away)
               G                   
        We can reach, we can beach,
        F           C
 on the shores of Tripoli,
               G             F    
        We can sail, we can sail. 
       F         C        G
(sail away, sail away, sail away)
              G                
        From Bali to Cali - far 
    F            C
beneath the Coral Sea,
                G            F    
        We can sail, we can sail. 
       F         C         G
(sail away, sail away, sail away)
                G                
        From Bissau to Palau - in 
     F         C
the shade of Avalon,
                G            F    
        We can sail, we can sail. 
       F         C         G
(sail away, sail away, sail away)
                G                  
        We can reach, we can beach,
      F             G
 far beyond the Yellow Sea,
                G            F    
        We can sail, we can sail. 
       F         C         G
(sail away, sail away, sail away)
               G                   
        From Peru to Cebu hear the 
F         C
power of Babylon,
                G           F     
        We can sail, we can sail. 
       F         C         G
(sail away, sail away, sail away)
                G           F
        We can sail, we can sail.
                        F        C
        Sail away, sail away, sail
         G
 away......

--- VOCAL ---  

        G  F  C
        Aaah-ah-ha
        G  F  C  Cm
        Aaah-ah-ha. Ah...

--- CHORDS ---