Come Sail Away - Styx
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Styx - Come Sail Away
Transcribed by Calvin Parks
Questions? Comments? email: delphi_calby@yahoo.com or randyrhoads_2005@yahoo.com
All the other tabs of this song were incorrect and one was even the wrong song!
It was a damn backstreet boys song! Here it is Enjoy! Oh yeah this is my first tab!

Intro:
e|----12-10-------12-10-------12-10-------12-10-9----9-10----|
B|------------------------------------------------12------12-|
G|-11-------11-12-------12-14-------14-12--------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|


e|10-9^10^9^10^9^10^9^10^9^10-|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|




Verse 1:

C Em Am G F
I'm sailing away, set an open course

G C Em
for the virgin sea. 'Cause I've got to be

Am G F G
free, free to face the life that's ahead of me.

Am G
On board I'm the captain, so climb aboard.

Am G
We'll search for tomorrow on ev'ry shore. And I'll

C Em Am G F G Intro
try, oh Lord, I'll try to carry on.

Verse2:

C Em Am G F
I look to the sea, reflections in the

G C Em
waves spark my memories. Some happy, some

Am G F G
sad, I think of childhood friends, and the dreams we had.

Am G
We lived happily forever, so the story goes.

Am G
But somehow we missed out on the pots of gold. And I'll

C Em Am G F Ending
try, oh Lord, I'll try to carry on


Heres the part when it gets cool.
guitar 1 plays:
e|--------------------------------|
b|------------6--6-6-8--6--6-6----|
g|--5--x-x-x--5--5-5-7--5--5-5--5-|
d|--5--x-x-x--3--3-3-5--3--3-3--5-|
a|--3--x-x-x--------------------3-|
E|--------------------------------|

guitar2 plays this:
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------|
g|--5-------------------------------------------------|
d|--5-------3----3-----3----5-------------3-----------|
a|--3-------3----3-----3----5-------------3-----------|
E|----------1----1-----1----3-------------1-----------|

Verse 3:

A gathering of angels, appeared above my head
They sang to me this song of hope
And this is what they said...
they said,

Chorus:
C F/C G/C F/C
Come sail away, Come sail away, Come sail away with me, let's

C F/C G/C F/C
Come sail away, Come sail away, Come sail away with me

C F/C G/C F/C
Come sail away, Come sail away, Come sail away with me, babe

C F/C G/C F/C
Come sail away, Come sail away, Come sail away with me


Verse 4

I thought they were angels, but to my suprise
They climbed on aboard their starship
We're headed for the skies...
saying

Come sail away, Come sail away, Come sail away with me.. lets,
Come sail away, Come sail away, Come sail away with me
Come sail away, Come sail away, Come sail away with me.. babe,
Come sail away, Come sail away, Come sail away with me

solo: Play behind vocals
fingertapping:
t t t t t t t
e|-15^12^8-15^12^8-15^12^8-15^12^8--17^13^8-17^13^8-17^13^8-|
b|----------------------------------------------------------|
g|----------------------------------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------------------------|
a|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
t t t t t t
e|--17^13^8--19^15^10-19^15^10-19^15^10-19^15^10--17^13^8--|
b|---------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------|
d|---------------------------------------------------------|
a|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
t t t
e|-17^13^8-17^13^8-17^13^8-|
b|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|
a|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------13--15bvvvvv-15b--r15--13vv--15bvvvvvvvv--|
g|------------12-14--------------------------------------------|
d|--------/14--------------------------------------------------|
a|--/15vv------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
b|-15-13--18bvvvvvv--20b---20b--r20vvvv------------------|
g|----------------------------------------19p17----------|
d|----------------------------------------------21p17----|
a|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------18bvvv--18bvvv---------|
b|--18bvvvvvvv-r18p16--18bvvvvvv-------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Pretty Easy huh?
Keep Rockin!!!
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
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COME SAIL AWAY - Styx
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Song: Come Sail Away
Artist: Styx
Album: The Grand Illusion
Tabbed by: rd93
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

The only actual tab for this whole song isn't right, so here's a better one that you can
learn for your high school graduation.

Chords:
C x32010
Em7 022003
Am x02210
G* x2003x
F 133211
G 320033

[Intro]
(piano arr. guitar):

Some of the spacing here is off because I had to make the two guitars line up, but don't
let it throw you off. You should know how the song goes.

e|-----10--8-------------10----8-----------------10----8-----------------10-|
B|-----------------------------------------8-----------------8--------------|
G|-9-----------9---10----------------10----------------------------10-------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---8---8---8---8----10----10----10----10----12----12----12----12----10----|
G|-9---9---9---9---10----10----10----10----12----12----12----12----10----10-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----8-----8p7----7-8---------------787878787878-7----7--------------------|
B|--------------10----------------------------------10----------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ^play faster^ ^trill^ |
e|---------------------------8---8------------------------------------------|
B|-10----10-----10-----8---8------------------------------------------------|
G|----10----10-------9---9-----9---9----9----9----9----9--------------------|
D|-----------------------------------10---10---10---10----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1]
C Em7 Am G* F G
I'm sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea. Cause

C Em7 Am G* F G
I've got to be free, free to face the life that's ahead of me

Am G
On board I'm the captain, so climb aboard

Am G
We'll search for tomorrow on every shore, and I'll

C Em7 Am G* F G Intro
try, oh Lord, I'll try to carry on

[Verse 2]
C Em7 Am G* F G
I look to the sea reflections in the waves spark my memories

C Em7 Am G* F G
Some happy, some sad I think of childhood friends, and the dreams we had

Am G
We lived happily forever, so the story goes

Am G
But somehow we missed out on the pot of gold, but we'll

C Em7 Am G* F
try, blessed that we can...

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------------|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
to ca- rry on

[Bridge]
repeat as necessary):
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------6-x-x-6-x-6--xx8-------------xx6-x-x-6-x-6---66----------|
G|-5---------------5-x-x-5-x-5--xx7-------------xx5-x-x-5-x-5---55----------|
D|-5---------------3-x-x-3-x-3--555-------------xx3-x-x-3-x-3---33----------|
A|-3------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5--x5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5--x5-5-5-5-5-5-3-----3---3--xx5--x5-5-5-5-5-5-3-----3---3---xx----------|
A|-3--x3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3---3--xx5--x5-5-5-5-5-5-3-----3---3---xx----------|
E|-----------------1-----1---1--xx3--x3-3-3-3-3-3-1-----1---1---xx----------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .

[Chorus]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------6--x-6--x-6-6------8----x--8-8------x--6-x-6-x-6-6---|
G|-5-----x---5-5-----x-5--x-5--x-5-5------7----x--7-7------x--5-x-5-x-5-5---|
D|-5-----x---5-5-----x-3--x-3--x-3-3------5----x--5-5------x--3-x-3-x-3-3---|
A|-3-----x---3-3-----x-3--x-3--x-3-3------5----x--5-5------x--3-x-3-x-3-3---|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Come sail away, come sail away... sail away with me |
e|-20p15p12-[x4]-------20p17p13-[x4]-----22p19p15-[x4]--------20p17p13-[x4]-|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[The palm-muted part]
(repeat as necessary):
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----6---6-------6---6-------6--------------------------------------------|
A|---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6------------------------------------------|
E|-4-----------4-----------4------------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I'm not going to tab out those keyboards but if you want to just improvise, I think that
final note before it goes back into the bridge again is an E (12th fret e string or
17th fret B string, or bend the 15 up to 17 while you hit the 12). Play the bridge and
chorus with the tapping in the background and fade out. Here's part of the outro solo:

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------15~---|
B|-----------------13-15b17-15b17~-------r15p13-15b17~-------r15p13---------|
G|-----------12-14-------------------------------------------------14-------|
D|-----12h14----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-/15----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-15b17~-15b17r15-15~-15b17~--15-13-12---------12b13~-12b13~-19b20~-19b20~-|
B|--------------------------------------13~---------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-18tr17-18b20r18-18b20~--r18~----------15-17-17b18r17-15~----15p13-12-----|
B|---------------------------------17-18--------------------------------13--|
G|------------------------------17------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------13-13~---15b17-----13-13~---15b17--------13-13~----15b17-17r15-13|
G|-12-12h14------14--------14-------14--------12h14--------14---------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|



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| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| r Release
| b Bend
| / Slide up
| ~ Vibrato

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Song info
Come Sail Away
Styx
2001
  • Rock
  • Pop Rock
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