Mark Knopfler Sailing To Philadelphia (ver 3) chords

Sailing To Philadelphia (ver 3) by Mark Knopfler

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1. I am Jeremiah Dixon, I am a Geordie boy,

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 A glass of wine with you, sir , and the ladies I'll enjoy.

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 All Durham and Northumberland is measured up by my own hand,

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  It was my fate from birth to make my mark upon the earth.

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2. He calls me Charlie Mason, a stargazer am I,

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 It seems that I was born to chart the evening sky.

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 They'd cut me out for baking bread, but I had other dreams instead,

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 This baker's boy from the West Country would join the Royal Society.

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Ch. We are sailing   to Philadelphia,    world away from the coaly Tyne,

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 Sailing to Philadelphia       to draw the line, the Mason    - Dixon Line.

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3. Now you're a good surveyor, Dixon, but I swear you'll make me mad,

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  The West will kill us both, you gullible Geordie lad.

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  You talk of liberty, how can America be free?

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 A Geordie and a baker's boy in the forests of the Iroquois.

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4. Now hold your head up, Mason, see America lies there,

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  The morning tide has raised, the capes of Delaware.

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 Come up and feel the sun,   a new morning has begun,

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 Another day will make it clear, why your stars should guide us here.

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Ch. We are sailing   to Philadelphia,    world away from the coaly Tyne,

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 Sailing to Philadelphia       to draw the line, the Mason    - Dixon Line.

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the Mason    - Dixon Line.

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