Sail Me Away
Lestat
Sail Me Away
>From The Demo recodings
for the Broadway Musical Lestat
by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Intro: Ab Fm Db Db/Eb
Ab Bbm/Ab
When stars are born, are they cast out
Eb Db Ab
To wander cold and lonely lost in space?
Bbm-5 Bbm-5/Ab Ab Bbm
A loveless point of light that can't return
Eb
Forever fixed within one place
Ab Bbm/Ab
When love is lost and dreams are cast
Eb Db Ab
Like bruised and battered pieces left to die,
Bbm-5 Bbm-5/Ab Ab
When hands that reach out are betrayed
Bb Dm-5 Eb
How can my tortured soul sur--vive?
Cm Fm
There's only one thing left
Db Eb
And that's the one thing that you needed most of all,
Cm Fm
For the freedom that you gained
Db Fm/C F# Bbm/F Eb
Is the loss that led me aimless to the shore.
Ab Ab/G Fm Fm/Eb
And I'm borne high on these waves
Db Fm/C Eb
Swept by the wind and alone.
Ab Ab/G Fm7 Fm7/Eb Bbm/Db Db Eb
Oh, sail me away, carry me back to my home.
Db
I'm tired, I've been torn,
Eb C7 Fm
A cruel, wretched storm churns like a gale in my bones.
Fm/Eb Bbm Db Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7+C Ab Cm/G Fm
Oh sail me away, carry me back to my home.
Fm/Eb Bbm Db Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7+C Db Db Db
Oh sail me away, carry me back to my home.
Ab Bbm/Ab
These scars run deep, The future holds
Eb Db Ab
A hunger for your innocence That passed away.
Bbm-5 Bbm-r/Eb Ab
Your callous shadows mock
Bb
And make it clear some things
dm-5 Eb
Were not enough to make you stay.
Cm Fm
The moment time stands still
Db Eb
Is the moment that the writing's on the wall.
Cm Fm
The words are clear as ringing bells,
Db Fm/C F# Bbm/F Eb
That pride was present right before the fall.
Ab Ab/G Fm Fm/Eb
And I'm borne high on these waves
Db Fm/C Eb
Swept by the wind and alone.
Ab Ab/G Fm7 Fm7/Eb Bbm/Db Db Eb
Oh, sail me away, carry me back to my home.
Db
I'm tired, I've been torn,
Eb C7 Fm
A cruel, wretched storm churns like a gale in my bones.
Fm/Eb Bbm Db Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7+C Ab Cm/G Fm
Oh sail me away, carry me back to my home.
Fm/Eb Bbm Db Dbmaj7/Eb Eb7+C Db Db Db Ab
Oh sail me away, carry me back to my home.
Transcribed by Darren Crosby