I'll Sail My Ship Alone

Patsy Cline

Written by Lois Mann, Henry Bernard, Murray Burns

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G
We've been sweethearts for so long
C
But now you say we're through
D7                          G
The love we shared is now a memory

Verse 2

I had built a ship of dreams
C
And planned them all for you
D7                                 G
And now I guess what is to be will be

Verse 3

I'll sail my ship alone
D7
With all the dreams I own
G
Drifting out across the ocean blue

Verse 4

I'll sail my ship alone
D7
Though all the sails you've torn
G
And when it starts to sink then I'll blame you

Verse 5

I gave a message to the wind
C
To take back home to you
D7                       G
Hoping you would hear my S.O.S.

Verse 6

Maybe you would come back home
C
My darling if you knew
D7                             G
How much my aching heart is in distress

Verse 7

I'll sail my ship alone
D7
With all the dreams I own
G
Drifting out across the ocean blue

Verse 8

I'll sail my ship alone
D7
Though all the sails you've torn
G
And when it starts to sink then I'll blame you