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Sail Away

Deep Purple
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Deep Purple

Sail Away /Burn/

Standard Tuning

Transcribed by: Andrew

Riff 1:

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----7--10--7-----7------5h7-----7--10--7-------5----|
|--0------------0-----5h7------0------------5h7-----3-|

end Riff 1

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------7b8r7-5----------|
|-----7--10--7-----7-------5h7-----7--10--7---------------5---|
|--0------------0-----5h7-------0----------------------7------|

Riff 2:

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----7--10--7-----7------5h7-----7--10--7-------5----|
|--0------------0-----5h7------0------------5h7-----3-|

end Riff 2

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----7--10--7-----7-------5h7-----7--10--7--------------|
|--0------------0-----5h7-------0-------------7--5---3---|

Intro:

Riff 1

Riff 2

Verse 1:

4x Riff 2:

If you're driftin' on an empty ocean

with no wind to fill your sail,

the future, your horizon,

it's like searchin' for the Holy Grail.

You feel there's no tomorrow

as you look into the water below

It's only your reflection

and you still ain't got no place to go.

Chorus:

Riff 3:

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---4-----------2-------------------4--------2--------------|
|---4-----------2----------5--------4--------2---------5----|
|---2-----------0----------5--------2--------0---------5----|
|--------------------------3---------------------------3----|

Time - will - show When, I don't know

Riff 4:

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------7---------7----------------------------------|
|-----7---------7---------7--10--7--------------------|
|--5---------5---------0------------5--7--5--3--0-----|

Riff 5:

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-------------2-------4------------|
|---5---------0-------2------------|
|---3------------------------------|

3x Riff 4:

Sail away tomorrow,

sailin' far away

To find it steal or borrow

Riff 5:

I'll be there someday yea-yea-yeah yea-yea-yeah.

Riff 1

Verse 2:

4x Riff 2:

Oh, woman, I keep running

to sing the same old song

The story's been told, now I'm gettin' old.

Tell me ,where do I belong?

Feel like I'm goin' to surrender,

Hard times I've had enough.

If I could find a place to hide my face,

I believe, I could get back up.

Chorus:

Riff 3:

Time will show,

when, I don't know.

3x Riff 4:

Sail away tomorrow,

sailin' far away

To find it steal or borrow

Riff 5:

I'll be there someday yea-yea-yeah yea-yea-yeah.

Solo

2x Chorus:

Riff 3:

Time will show,

when, I don't know.

3x Riff 4:

Sail away tomorrow,

sailin' far away

To find it steal or borrow

Riff 5:

I'll be there someday yea-yea-yeah yea-yea-yeah.

Riff 2 till end.

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