Sailing to Philadelphia

Mark Knopfler

Tom: A


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I'm                             F#m       
Jeremiah Dixon I am a Geordie boy A glass of wine with you, sir And the
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ladies I'll enjoy  All Durham and Northumberland Is measured up by my own
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hand  It was my fate from birth To make my mark upon the earth
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He calls me Charlie Mason A stargazer am I It seems that I was born
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To chart the evening sky They'd cut me out for baking bread
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But I had other dreams instead This baker's boy from the west country
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Would join the Royal Society...

Chorus:

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We are sailing    to Philadelphia
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A world away from the coaly Tyne
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Sailing to Philadelphia 
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To draw the line
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A Mason-Dixon Line


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Now you're a good surveyor, Dixon But I swear you'll make me mad
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The West will kill us both You gullible Geordie lad You talk of liberty
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How can America be free A Geordie and a baker's boy
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In the forests of the Iroquois...
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Now hold your head up, Mason See America lies there
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The morning tide has raised The capes of Delaware Come up and feel the 
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sun A new morning has begun Another day will make it clear
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Why your stars should guide us here...


Chorus:

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We are sailing    to Philadelphia
         C#m          Bm        E
A world away from the coaly Tyne
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Sailing to Philadelphia 
                 E  
To draw the line
  D    E      A
A Mason-Dixon Line


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F#m = 244222
Eadd9 = 022102
Dmaj7 =  200222
D = 000232
A 002220
E = 022100
Bm = 224432
C#m = 446654