Intro: F Bb

F        Bb
I knew a boy who would
F/C           Bb   Bsus4
Not share his bike
Ab         Bbsus2     F
Oh, but he let me go sailing
F            Bb
I swore that I
         F/C       Bb    Bsus4
Could survive any storm
Ab         Bbsus2     F
Oh then he let me go

Ab              C#sus2       Ab
"can you launch rockets from here?"
           C#sus2      Eb
Boy, i've done it for years
 Eb
Right over my head
Ab           C#sus2     Ab
And when i promised my hand
     C#sus2    Eb
He promised me back
Eb
Snow cherries from france

C#sus2    Eb
All that summer
     Ab         Bb
We traveled the world
C#sus2 Eb         Ab       Bb
Never leaving his own back garden
C#sus2           Eb
Girls, i didn't know
      Ab           Bb
Just what it could be
Ab          Eb         Bb     Bbsus4
Oh, but he let me go sailing

F/C          Bb
You question me,
         F/C       Bb     Bsus4
"can you ride anything?"
Ab            Bbsus2         F
Lord, do you mean like your mood swings
   F/C         Bb
Invaders and traders with
     F/C        Bb   Bsus4
The best intentions
Ab      Bbsus2     F
May convince you to go

Ab               C#sus2       Ab
"they look like pirates from here"
           C#sus2       Eb
Boy, i've been one for years
Eb
Just keeping my head
Ab           C#sus2     Ab
And when i promised my hand
      C#sus2     Eb
You promised me back
Eb
Snow cherries from france

C#sus2    Eb
All that summer
     Ab         Bb
We traveled the world
C#sus2 Eb         Ab       Bb
Never leaving his own back garden
C#sus2           Eb
Girls, i didn't know
      Ab           Bb
Just what it could be
Ab          Eb         Bb     Bbsus4
Oh, but he let me go sailing

Solo: 

  F        Bb        F/C         Bb    Ab        Bbsus2  F
e|--------|---------|-----------|----|---------|-------|------------||
B|--------|---------|-----------|----|---------|-------|------------||
G|--------|---------|-5--5-8^10-|----|--8--8-8-|-7-5---|-5-----8/10-||
D|-7--5-7-|-8---7-8-|-----------|-7--|---------|-----8-|------------||
A|--------|---------|-----------|----|---------|-------|----8-------||
E|--------|---------|-----------|----|---------|-------|------------||


F            Bb
And then one day he said
F/C              Bb   Bsus4
"girl it's been nice,
Ab        Bbsus2       F
Oh, but i have to go sailing"
F/C           Bb
With cinnamon lips
         F/C           Bb   Bsus4
That did not match his eyes
Ab         Bbsus2  F
Oh then he let me go