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- Red Sails In The
Sunset
- Words by Jim Kennedy,
Music by Will Grosz - 1935
- Number 1 on the
Hit Parade in 1935, played for 16 weeks.
| Verse: |
| G |
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- |
F7 |
| G |
C Adim |
G A7 |
Am7 D7 |
| Chorus: |
| G |
- |
C Cm6 |
G |
| - Dm |
Am7 D7 |
Am7 D7 |
G |
| - |
- |
C Cm6 |
G |
| - Dm |
Am7 D7 |
Am7 D7 |
G |
| C Cm6 |
G |
D7 |
G |
| C Cm6 |
G |
A7 |
D7 |
| G |
- |
C Cm6 |
G |
| - Dm |
Am7 D7 |
Am7 D7 |
G (D7 to
chorus) |
- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
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- Verse:
- 'Twas down where fisher
folk gather, I wander'd far from the throng.
I heard a fisher girl singing, and this refrain was her song:
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- Chorus:
- Red Sails In The Sunset,
'way out on the sea.
Oh! carry my loved one, home safely to me.
He sailed at the dawning, all day I've been blue.
Red Sails In The Sunset, I'm trusting in you.
Swift wings you must borrow, make straight for the shore.
We marry tomorrow, and he goes sailing no more.
Red Sails In The Sunset, 'way out on the sea.
Oh! carry my loved one, home safely to me.
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- Performer Links:
- (webpage)
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- Watch the WineLand
Banjo Band perform "Red Sails In The Sunset" (youtube)
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- Listen to Eddie Peabody
perform "Red Sails In The Sunset" on the Banjoline
(mp3)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- This Chord Chart
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- The chord names should
appear in single rows. Let me know of any problems.
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- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com