Solar Sailors

Words and music by Rhodri James
based on Arthur C. Clarke's short story The Wind From The Sun
A MIDI file (10Kb) and GIF of the manuscript (10Kb) of this song are available.

        Intro: A A AM7 AM7 DM7 DM7 E E7

        A             D           A
        Solar sailors on a sea of light,
        E                    D                A
        Spread your sails in challenge to the night.
        A            AM7         A7                  DM7
        Gossamer and spiderwebs across the stars you fling
        Bm                E                     A
        And ever let your dreams of flight take wing.
        
         A AM7 AM7 DM7 DM7 E E7
        
                A     AM7           D
        	Seven jewels in the sky,
        	      E               F#m
        	Seven brilliant sails unfurled,
        	      A             Bm
        	Seven fragile ships a-sail
        	                        E
        	In the wind between the worlds,
        	      E7                 A
        	Seven hopes to reach the moon
        	       A7           D
        	Riding on a wave of light,
        	                        Bm
        	Seven dreams of glories far
        	                      E      E7
        	On the wings of solar flight.
        Solar sailors on a sea of light,
        Spread your sails in challenge to the night.
        Gossamer and spiderwebs across the stars you fling
        And ever let your dreams of flight take wing.
        
        
        	In a single orbit's span
        	Seven ships are widely strewn;
        	Only two are in the race
        	To run rings around the moon.
        	But the solar wind blows rough;
        	Sailors now must leave the sea,
        	Leave their ships to sail alone
        	Outward to eternity.
        Solar sailors on a sea of light,
        Spread your sails in challenge to the night.
        Gossamer and spiderwebs across the stars you fling
                                                F#m     F
        And ever let your dreams of flight take wing.
        
        Bm            E         E7          A
        Ever let your dreams of flight take wing.
        
          A  AM7 AM7 DM7 E7 A

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        Key A
        Time 4/4

        @ Again, the rhythm is rather loose.

        @ Chorus:
        R c d- e-_ | e A. | %g f- e-_e d | E+ |
        R b` c- d-_ | D. e | d- c. b` a`- e-_ | E+ |
        c d- e-_e a | a g- e-_e. e- | c d- e-_e a | A.
        a | a- a a a | a g f g-_a- | A+ ||

        @ Verse
        R a- a g-_ | g e c e- f-_ | F f- f e-_ | e f e d | C
        c- d e-_ | e d c e- b`-_ | B` b` c- d-_ | d e- f-_f a- g-_| G
        e- f e-_ | e f- e-_e a- a-_ | A a a- g-_ | g e- f-_f g- f-_| F
        f- g a-_ | a g f g- a-_ | A a a- a-_ | a a f a-_b- | B+ | R! |