O Sailor

Gm                  F
 I'm undecided about you again
Gm                      C
 Mightn't be right that you're not 
here
Cm                          Dm
 It's double-sided 'cause I ruined 
it all
         Dmaj7                 
-But also saved myself by never 
               Bb   Bb7
believing you, Dear

Everything good I deem too good to 
be true
Everything else is just a bore
Everything I have to look forward to
Has a pretty painful and very 
imposing before

Chorus:

Dm         Am              Em   
O' sailor why'd you do it 
               Em Ebm Dm
-What'd you do that for?
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Dm              Am            F 
Saying there's nothing to it 
                Em
-And lettin' it go by the boards

Dm         Am              Em   
O' sailor why'd you do it 
               Em Ebm Dm
-What'd you do that for?
Dm              Am                
Saying there's nothing to it -And 
F             Em
lettin' it go by the boards

I have too been playing with 
fifty-two cards
-Just 'cause I play so far from my 
vest
Whatever I've got, I've got no 
reason to guard
What could I do, but spend my best

[Chorus (twice)]

G#    G#/F                 
  And after waiting, fighting 
     C/D
patiently on my knees
G#            G#/F               
 All the other stuff tired itself
     Cm
 out first, not me
G#                G#/F           
 And in its wake, appeared the 
        C/D
touch and call of a different breed
Eb                    Cm         
One who set to get me wise and 
      D                 Dm
got me there and then, got me

And what a thing to know what could 
be instead
Oh, what a blessed curse; to see
It took the agenda from its place in
 my bed
Made a merry paramour of me

[Chorus once]

Dm         Am              Em   
O' sailor why'd you do it 
                Em Ebm Dm
-What'd you do that for
Dm              Am         F    
Giving me eyes to view it -As it
      Em
 goes by the boards