Every beat of my
heart
C - Am - C - Am
C Am
1. Through these misty eyes I see lonely skies,
C Am
lonely
road to Babylon.
C Am
Where’s my family and my country ?
C Am
Heaven
knows where I belong.
+ Dm - F - Am - G
C Am
2. Pack my bags tonight, here’s one Jacobite,
C Am
who
must leave or surely die.
C Am
Put me on a train in the
pouring rain,
C
Am
say
farewell, don’t say goodbye.
Dm F
Seagull
carry me over land and sea
Am G -
A
to my
own folk that’s where I want to be.
D G D G
Every beat of my heart tears me further apart,
Bm G
A D - G
I’m lost and alone in the dark, I’m going home.
C
Am
3. One more glass of wine just for auld lang syne
C Am
and
the girl I left behind.
C Am
How I miss her now in my
darkest hour,
C
Am
and
the way our arms entwine.
Dm F
Seagull
carry me over land and sea
Am G
- A
to my
own folk that’s where I want to be.
D G D G
Every beat of my heart tears me further apart,
Bm - G A D - G
I’m lost and alone in the dark,
I’m going home.
+ C - G - D (2x) + C - G - Bm
- A - G
C
Am
4. And we’ll drink a toast to the blood red rose,
C Am
cheer
awhile the Emerald isle,
C Am
to
the Northern lights and the swirling pipes
C
Am
how
they make a grown man cry.
Dm F
Seagull
carry me over land and sea
Am G - A
to my
own folk that’s where I want to be.
D G
D G
Every beat of my heart tears me further apart,
Bm - G A D - G
I’m lost and alone in the dark,
I’m going home.
D - G - D - G .....
+ repeat CHORUS +
I’m going home.
(orig. = capo 2nd; midi = capo 3rd) (Rod
Stewart)