Sailing To Philadelphia by Mark Knopfler MARK KNOPFLER SAILING TO PHILADELPHIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- F#m A F#m E F#m I am Jeremiah Dixon F#m I am a Geordie boy F#m A glass of wine with you, sir A D And the ladies I'll enjoy E A D All Durham and Northumberland E A D A Is measured up by my own hand E A D It was my fate from birth D E To make my mark upon the earth... F#m He calls me Charlie Mason F#m A stargazer am I F#m It seems that I was born A D To chart the evening sky E A D They'd cut me out for baking bread E A D But I had other dreams instead E A D This baker's boy from the west country D E Would join the Royal Society... A E F#m D We are sailing to Philadelphia A E Bbm E A world away from the coaly Tyne C#m F#m D Sailing to Philadelphia F#m E To draw the line D E A A Mason-Dixon Line A F#m A F#m E F#m Now you're a good surveyor, Dixon F#m But I swear you'll make me mad F#m The West will kill us both A D You gullible Geordie lad E A D You talk of liberty E A D How can America be free E A D A Geordie and a baker's boy D E In the forests of the Iroquois... F#m Now hold your head up, Mason F#m See America lies there F#m The morning tide has raised A D The capes of Delaware E A D Come up and feel the sun E A D A new morning has begun E A D Another day will make it clear D E Why your stars should guide us here... A E F#m D We are sailing to Philadelphia A E Bbm E A world away from the coaly Tyne C#m F#m D Sailing to Philadelphia F#m E To draw the line D E D A A Mason-Dixon Line D E A A Mason-Dixon Line A F#m A F#m E F#m A F#m E x3 FADE OUT www.TAB6.com