Written by Mark Knopfler
Intro: | F5 Fmaj7 | Bb/F | F5 | Bb/F C/F | | F | Bb/F F5 | Bb/F | C | % | F5 Bb5 F5 Are you home from the sea Bb C F My soul balladeer F/C Bb F5 Fmaj7 Bb You've been away roamin' F5 C F Far away from here F/C Bb5 F5 Weathered a storm Bb C F Your heart unafraid F/C Bb F5 Fmaj7 Bb Crossed every ocean C In the boat that you made F5 Bb5 F5 Been blowin' your horn Bb C F Scarin' the spooks F/C Bb F5 Fmaj7 Bb No crotchets or quavers F5 C F In your books F/C Bb5 F5 Gone sailin' all night Bb C F Straight in the vein F/C Bb F5 Fmaj7 Bb Like a bird on his own flight C In his domain F Bbmaj7 In the sky F Bbmaj7 In the sky | F Fmaj7 | 3/8 Bb | | C | % | F5 Bb5 F5 Runnin' in on the tide Bb C F With the first of the stars F/C Bb F5 Fmaj7 Bb The moon on the water F5 C F And the sound of guitars F/C Bb5 F5 Glide into the homin' Bb C F As the night falls F/C Bb F5 Bb Tie up in the haven C By the old harbor wall F5 Bb5 F5 And the hard-bitten stranger Bb C F Deaf as a post F/C Bb F5 Bb Who stands at the fire F5 C F Where a poet's dreams roast Bb5 F5 He can't know the story Bb C F He can't feel the pain F/C B5 F5 Fmaj7 Bb And all of the glory C Falls around him like rain F Bbmaj7 In the sky F Bbmaj7 In the sky | F Fmaj7 | 3/8 Bb | | C | % | | F5 | Bb5 | F5 | Bb C | | F Fmaj7 | Bb F5 | Bb | | C | % | F5 Bb5 F5 You're a light in the dark Bb5 C F Beacon of hope F/C Bb F5 Bb5 And strong as a sea boat F5 C F Strong as a rope F/C Bb5 F5 And the vagabond wind Bb C F Whispers over the bay F/C Bb F5 Fmaj7 Bb And the songs and the laughter C Are carried away F Bbmaj7 In the sky F Bbmaj7 In the sky | F Fmaj7 | 3/8 Bb | | C | % | F Bbmaj7 In the sky F Bbmaj7 In the sky | F Fmaj7 | 3/8 Bb | | C | % | | F5 | Bb5 | F5 | Bb C | | F Fmaj7 | Bb F5 | Bb | | F5 C | x2 | F | Bbmaj7 | F | Bbmaj7 | | F Fmaj7 | 3/8 Bb | | C | % | | F5 | Bb5 | F5 | Bb5 | | F Fmaj7 | Bb F5 | Bb | | F5 C | | F | Bbmaj7 | F | Bbmaj7 | | F Fmaj7 | 3/8 Bb | | C | % | x2 | F |
See also: Bryan Ferry - The 'In' Crowd |
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