Intro: Em  D  C9 }x2
 
 G         D/F#             C9               G            D/F#   C9
He walked in with a salty sway Lookin' like Blackbeard in his day 
 G            D/F#           C9  C - G/B - Am7         D
A brother in arms just like me I was born a son of the sea 
 Em                A7               C9          D
I can't be still, I can't be tied The only time I, I feel alive is 
 
          G                 Em          Am7          D
When the wind fills my sail Riding on a lifelong swell 
        G             Bm7                 
Let my heart take me where it wants to go 
       F  D              Am7 
That's the soul of a sailor  
   D     Em     D Am7 D Em D
The sou--l of a sailor 
 
Em  D  C9
 
 G         D/F#             C9  
He slid a stool and a beer to me
             G            D/F#        C9 
Said, you know, we're both a dying breed 
 G            D/F#           C9 
Here's to love lost and newfound friends 
 C - G/B - Am7          D
And living out life in the boat we're in 
 Em                A7             
I can't be still, I can't be tied 
  C9          D 
The only time I, I feel alive is  
 
          G            Em          Am7          D 
When the wind fills my sail Riding on a lifelong swell 
        G             Bm7              F  D
Let my heart take me where it wants to go 
            Am7    D     Em    
That's the sou--l of a sailor  
 D     Am7   D     Em  D 
The sou--l of a sailor 
 
G  Em  Am7  D }x2
 
        G             Bm7              F  
Let my heart take me where it wants to go 
D            Am7    D     Em   
That's the sou--l of a sailor  
  D     Am7   D     Em D
The sou--l of a sailor