Frank Turner - Sailor's Boots D A G E E|----2----|----0----|----3----|----0----| B|----3----|----2----|----0----|----0----| G|----2----|----2----|----0----|----1----| D|----0----|----2----|----0----|----2----| A|----x----|----0----|----2----|----2----| E|----x----|----X----|----3----|----0----| If I had been born two hundred years ago I would have been a sailor, and sailing I would go I'd sail around the Capes and across the seven seas and then back home D If I had been born two hundred years ago D G And I would know the waters, and the waters would know me D E A I would cut across the waves, and be as happy as can be D G I'd be landless, I'd be loveless, I'd be flight and fancy-free D A D I would know the waters, and the waters would know me D G And when I think about the place and time where I was born D E A I wonder if the hands of faith had slipped and placed me wrong D 'cause there are ships I could have sailed and sailors boots I could have G worn D A D When I think about the place and time where I was born D* G* But the ocean is still out there, magnificent and wide D* E* A She's got open arms to hold me, and endless space to hide D G And the only things that hold me back are things I hold inside D A D The ocean is still out there, magnificent and wide G A Oh, Oh, Oh D G Oh, Oh, Oh G A Oh, Oh, Oh D Sailing I should go G D