G   D   Em   C   G   D   G

[Verse 1]
G  D  Em         G                C                 G
        December morning when the ship came sailing in
    C                G                   C            D
The sailor boys with all their noise had come around again
    Em           G                 C             G
She stood on the quayside, she was looking for a friend
       C                  G
He had caught her eye and now she'll try
   C                 D             C    G
To make him come her way (come her way)

[Chorus]
G  D     C   D    G                D             C           D
So long, goodbye, nice to know you baby but it's time to fly
G  D          C   D                     G      C    D G
He laughed as she cried and watched her dreams sail a-way

[Verse 2]
G  D  Em             G             C               G
        Had one just like her on a far off Eastern shore
    C               G                   C              D
And every town that he sailed round was like the one before
    Em                G              C                   G
And though he said he loved her, his words were like his heart
          C          G                  C              D
They were empty as a summer stream that dries up oh so hard
       C    G
(oh so hard)

[Chorus]
G  D     C   D    G                D             C           D
So long, goodbye, nice to know you baby but it's time to fly
G  D          C   D                     G      C    D G
He laughed as she cried and watched her dreams sail a-way

[Bridge]
G    D Em  C       F
Sail a-way,  sail away
G    D Em  C       F
Sail a-way,  sail away
E        Am          F
Oh sail away again, away again
Fm            F           C
Every day somebody sails away

[Verse 3]
G  D  Em              G                 C              G
        Cried when he left her, but she never knew his name
       C                G                   C           D
Just a night of love to pass like ships and never meet again
    Em             G              C              G
She can't hold the tears, but she knows that one day
        C           G   C       D      C    D  Em  G  D
He will come around      (come around again)

[Chorus]
G  D     C   D    G                D             C           D
So long, goodbye, nice to know you baby but it's time to fly
G  D          C   D                     G      C    D G
He laughed as she cried and watched her dreams sail a-way
N.C.            G      C    D G
She watched her dreams sail a-way