Red Sails In The Sunset
Words & Music by Jimmy Kennedy & Hugh Williams, 1935
Recorded by The Platters, 1960 (#36)
D DM7 D7 G Gm7 D Cdim A
Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea,
Bm7-5 A Em7 A Em7 D E7-5 A7
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me.
D DM7 D7 G Gm7 D Cdim A
She sailed at the dawning, all day I've been blue;
Bm7-5 A Em7 A7 Em7 D Gdim D
Red sails in the sunset, I'm trusting in you.
Bridge:
G G/F# D
Swift wings you must borrow;
A7 A7sus4 A7 D DM7
Make straight for the shore.
G G/F# D Bm7
We marry tomorrow,
Em7 E7 A7 A7+5
And she goes sailing no more.
D DM7 D7 G Gm7 D Cdim A
Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea,
Bm7-5 A7 Em7 A7 Em7 D
Oh carry my loved one home safely to me.
