Mark Knopfler Sailing to Philadelphia

tom: A Gbm I'm Jeremiah Dixon I am a Geordie boy A glass of wine with you, sir And the A D E A D E ladies I'll enjoy All Durham and Northumberland Is measured up by my own D E A D D7M Eadd9 hand It was my fate from birth To make my mark upon the earth Gbm He calls me Charlie Mason A stargazer am I It seems that I was born A D E A D To chart the evening sky They'd cut me out for baking bread E A D E A D But I had other dreams instead This baker's boy from the west country D7M Eadd9 Would join the Royal Society [Refrão] A E Gbm D A We are sailing to Philadelphia Dbm Bm E A world away from the coaly Tyne Dbm Gbm D Gbm Sailing to Philadelphia E To draw the line D E A A Mason-Dixon Line Gbm Now you're a good surveyor, Dixon But I swear you'll make me mad A D E A D The West will kill us both You gullible Geordie lad You talk of Liberty E A D E A D How can America be free A Geordie and a baker's boy D7M Eadd9 In the forests of the Iroquois Gbm Now hold your head up, Mason See America lies there A D E A The morning tide has raised The capes of Delaware Come up and feel the D E A D E A D sun A new morning has begun Another day will make it clear D7M Eadd9 Why your stars should guide us here [Refrão] A E Gbm D A We are sailing to Philadelphia Dbm Bm E A world away from the coaly Tyne Dbm Gbm D Gbm Sailing to Philadelphia E To draw the line D E A A Mason-Dixon Line