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Sailing To Philadelphia
Em - G - Em - D
Em
1. I am Jeremiah Dixon, I am a Geordie boy,
G                C
a glass of wine with you, sir , and the ladies I'll enjoy.
D                         G       C            D                      G           C
All Durham and Northumberland is measured up by my own hand,
D                  G             C          Em                                 D       ~
it was my fate from birth to make my mark upon the earth.
Em
2. He calls me Charlie Mason, a stargazer am I,
G                         C
it seems that I was born to chart the evening sky.
D                     G           C          D                     G            C
They'd cut me out for baking bread, but I had other dreams instead,
D                               G             C           Em                           D ~
this baker's boy from the west country would join the Royal Society.
G      - D              Em  C  - G              Bm                Am    D
We are sailing      to Philadelphia,      world away from the coaly Tyne,
Bm                  Em   C  - Em                  D              C     - D             G
sailing to Philadelphia          to draw the line, the Mason    - Dixon Line.
- Em - G - Em - D
Em
3. Now you're a good surveyor, Dixon, but I swear you'll make me mad,
G                       C
the West will kill us both, you gullible Geordie lad.
D                   G     C           D             G        C
You talk of liberty, how can America be free ?
D                   G          C            Em                        D    ~
A Geordie and a baker's boy in the forests of the Iroquois.
Em
4. Now hold your head up, Mason, see America lies there,
G                     C
the morning tide has raised, the capes of Delaware.
D                          G          C    - D                       G       C
Come up and feel the sun,     a new morning is begun,
D                      G          C      Em                                             D   ~
another day will make it clear, why your stars should guide us here.
G      - D              Em  C  - G              Bm                Am    D
We are sailing      to Philadelphia,      world away from the coaly Tyne,
Bm                  Em   C  - Em                  D
sailing to Philadelphia          to draw the line,
C     - D            Am   - D          C      - D            G
the Mason    - Dixon Line,      the Mason     -Dixon Line
- Em - G - Em - D           - Em - G - Em - D  ....
(capo 2nd)