Sailing To Philadelphia

INTRO FA#m LA FA#m MI VERSE 1 FA#m I am Jeremiah Dixon FA#m I am a Geordie boy FA#m A glass of wine with you, sir LA RE And the ladies I’ll enjoy MI LA RE All Durham and Northumberland MI LA RE LA Is measured up by my own hand MI LA RE It was my fate from birth RE MI To make my mark upon the earth… VERSE 2 FA#m He calls me Charlie Mason FA#m A stargazer Am I FA#m It seems that I was born LA RE To chart the evening sky MI LA RE They’d cut me out for baking bread MI LA RE But I had other dreams instead MI LA RE This baker’s boy from the west country RE MI Would join the Royal Society… CHORUS LA MI FA#m RE We are sailing to Philadelphia LA MI SIbm MI A world away from the coaly Tyne DO#m FA#m RE Sailing to Philadelphia FA#m MI To draw the line RE MI LA A Mason-Dixon Line STACCO (LA) FA#m LA FA#m MI VERSE 3 FA#m Now you’re a good surveyor, Dixon FA#m But I swear you’ll make me mad FA#m The West will kill us both LA RE You gullible Geordie lad MI LA RE You talk of liberty MI LA RE How can America be free MI LA RE A Geordie and a baker’s boy RE MI In the forests of the Iroquois… VERSE 4 FA#m Now hold your head up, Mason FA#m See America lies there FA#m The morning tide has raised LA RE The capes of Delaware MI LA RE Come up and feel the sun MI LA RE A new morning has begun MI LA RE Another day will make it clear RE MI Why your stars should guide us here… CHORUS LA MI FA#m RE We are sailing to Philadelphia LA MI SIbm MI A world away from the coaly Tyne DO#m FA#m RE Sailing to Philadelphia FA#m MI To draw the line RE MI RE LA A Mason-Dixon Line RE MI LA A Mason-Dixon Line FINALE (LA) FA#m LA FA#m MI FA#m LA FA#m MI (x3, sfumando)