---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACROSS THE LINE - Bellowhead ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Dan Glover (dan-the-man278) Email: dangloverenator@googlemail.com Tuning: Standard EADGBe, no capo This is a great song off a wonderful album, and it has some tricky progressions here and there. However, I think this is pretty much spot-on. Comments and corrections are welcome. Note: In the second and third instrumentals, I have notated the rhythm of some of the chords using slashes and bar lines- the chords should be on the first, third and fourth beats of those bars. Chord shapes: Em: 022000 F#m7: 242222 or 244200 Bm7: x24232 A: x02220 D/F#: 2x0232 (wrap your thumb round the neck for the bass note & muting the A-string) G: 320033 or 320003 D: xx0232 Bm: x24432 F#m: 244222 INTRO ----- Em F#m7 Bm7 A VERSE 1 ------- Em7 F#m7 I've sailed the whole world over, across the seven seas Bm7 A I courted my sweetheart underneath the Kaori trees I travelled with the north wind, up to the Bering Strait Around the horn and home again; for that is the sailor's fate INSTRUMENTAL ------------ Bm7 A (x4) VERSE 2 (same as verse 1) ------------------------- Across the barren wasteland of the frozen Arctic sea Through Polynesian breezes and southern storms sailed we The wind all in the rigging sings a lonely lullaby Bm7 A Bm (2 beats) A sailor I have always been; a sailor I will die CHORUS ------ D/F# G D Across the line, the Gulf Stream G D Working your life away D/F# G Bm Around the horn and home again A Bm For that is the sailor's way INSTRUMENTAL ------------ Bm7 A (x2) |G / Bm A|D / A G| D-G F#m-F#m7 Bm7 A (x8) VERSE 3 (different) ------------------- G A Bm We sailed up to the northward, we sailed up to the east F#m7 G We reefed our sail in the strongest gale and stood in the calmest sea Ocean bound by Dusky Sound and Pegasus through the strait Port Cooper, ocean, Tom Kane Bay; for that is the sailor's fate INSTRUMENTAL ------------ Em7 F#m7 (x4) |G / Bm A|D / A G| D-G F#m-F#m7 CHORUS ------ Across the line, the Gulf Stream Working your life away Around the horn and home again Across the line, the Gulf Stream Working your life away Around the horn and home again For that is the sailor's way OUTRO ----- Bm A G F#m7 Bm Enjoy!