Guitar tab for Come Sail Away (var.16) by Styx free download and read or play online: file .txt, 2.9 kb has 623 views and 0 downloads.
Styx - Come Sail Away
For 1 guitar
By Jeff Quesnelle
This tab wasn't designed to play exactly like when Styx recorded it.
They had two guitarists and a pianist, this only has one guitar.
As such, this is my interpretaion for playing it on one (most likely an acoustic) guitar.
Intro:
e|----12-10-------12-10-------12-10-------12-10-9----9-10----|
B|------------------------------------------------12---------|
G|-11-------11-12-------12-14-------14-12--------------------|
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
Ending:
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
pm|-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-|
Verse riff:
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|-5--------7-9-7-|
A|-3-333333-5-7-5-|
E|----------------|
pm|---......-------|
Verse 3 (play Verse riff over this):
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 (play Verse riff over this):
I thought they were angels, but to my suprise
They climbed on aboard their starship
We're headed for the skies, saying
Chorus x2
CHORDS
C : x32010
Em : 022000
Am : 002210
G : 320003
F : xx4432
F/C: x33200
G/C: 320013