Sailboat Chords

KeyD Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays592

Sailboat by Ben Rector is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords D, A, F#m and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: D  A  F#m  E 
       D  A  E  A 

                   D   A 
I feel just like a sailboat 
             F#m       E 
I don't know where I'm headed 
                       D    A 
But you can't make the wind blow 
       E   A 
From a sailboat 

       D        A 
I have seen the sun 
         F#m       E 
Felt the rain on my skin 
          D        A 
I've been lost and found 
           E         A 
But mostly I've been waiting 

       D          
Oh I'm out in the waves 
    A 
I'm hoping and praying 
F#m                          E 
Please let this wind blow me home 
D                             A 
Night after night there's and empty horizon 
       F#m              E 
And my God do I feel so alone 
        D           D             E 
Somtimes life, most times I, feel just like a sailboat 

D  A  F#m  E 

           D       A 
I'm pretty sure I'm heard 
           F#m      E 
At least I know I'm speaking 
           D      A 
But I feel like a fool 
              E        A 
Cause I can't hear you listening 

            D      A 
But I'm not giving up 
          F#m     E  
I'm gonna move on forward 
          D        A 
I'm gonna raise my sail 
                   E      A 
God knows what I'm headed towards 

       D          
Oh I'm out in the waves 
    A 
I'm hoping and praying 
F#m                          E 
Please let this wind blow me home 
D                             A 
Night after night there's and empty horizon 
       F#m              E 
And my God do I feel so alone 
        D           D             E 
Somtimes life, most times I, feel just like a sailboat 

D  A  F#m  E 

         D        A 
The only change I see 
        E           A 
Lost or found, let's see 
         D     A                     E        A      
The only difference is believing I'll make it end 

       D          
Oh I'm out in the waves 
    A 
I'm hoping and praying 
F#m                          E 
Please let this wind blow me home 
D                             A 
Night after night there's and empty horizon 
       F#m              E 
And my God do I feel so alone 
       D          
Oh I'm out in the waves 
    A 
I'm hoping and praying 
F#m                          E 
Please let this wind blow me home 
D                             A 
Night after night there's and empty horizon 
       F#m              E 
And my God do I feel so alone 
        D                 D       E (end on E) 
Somtimes life, most times I, feel just like a sailboat 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante