Soul Of A Sailor Chords

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Soul Of A Sailor by Kenny Chesney is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords Em, D, C9, G, D/F#, C, G/B, Am7, A7, Bm7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: Em  D  C9 (x2) 
 
G         D/F#             C9 
He walked in with a salty sway 
G            D/F#               C9 
Lookin' like Blackbeard in his day 
G            D/F#           C9  C-G/B-Am7 
A brother in arms just like me 
Am7           D 
I was born a son of the sea 
Em                A7 
I can't be still, I can't be tied 
C9               D 
The only time I, I feel alive is 
 
 
Chorus: 
          G            Em 
When the wind fills my sail 
       Am7            D 
Riding on a lifelong swell 
        G             Bm7              F  D 
Let my heart take me where it wants to go 
           Am7 D       Em     D 
That's the sou--l of a sailor 
     Am7 D       Em     D 
The sou--l of a sailor 
 
Em  D  C9 
 
G          D/F#               C9 
He slid a stool and a beer to me 
G                     D/F#           C9 
Said, you know, we're both a dying breed 
G               D/F#                C9   C-G/B-Am7 
Here's to love lost and newfound friends 
Am7                 D 
And living out life in the boat we're in 
Em                A7 
I can't be still, I can't be tied 
C9               D 
The only time I, I feel alive is 
 
 
Chorus: 
          G            Em 
When the wind fills my sail 
       Am7            D 
Riding on a lifelong swell 
        G             Bm7              F  D 
Let my heart take me where it wants to go 
           Am7 D       Em     D 
That's the sou--l of a sailor 
     Am7 D       G 
The sou--l of a sailor 
 
G  Em  Am7  D (x2) 
 
        G             Bm7              F  D 
Let my heart take me where it wants to go 
           Am7 D       Em     D 
That's the sou--l of a sailor 
     Am7 D       Em    D  C9  D  Em  D  C9  G 
The sou--l of a sailor 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante