Biography:
Alan Garrity is a singer, guitarist and pianist who was born on 14 October 1947 in Manchester, England.
Musical Career
The son of a British army officer, Alan moved to Rhodesia with his parents shortly before his fourteenth birthday. As a child he performed in various school musical activities but harboured no pretensions of being anything more than ordinary. He learnt to play guitar at fifteen and, after completing his schooling at Milton High in Bulawayo, trained and worked as a radiographer.
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Santa Maria - Alan Garrity
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
A D
Santa Maria, take me home without any fears
E
I have been away for too long
A E
Fill yourselves and carry me home
A D
Santa Maria, see the land, how it's getting nearer
E
I believe the day wouldn't come
A
when again I'd see my wife and my son
[Pre-Chorus]
F# C#
Three years I've been away
D
Looking for the dream
B
I thought I'd find
F# C#
With heartaches every day
D
And at night I thought
B
that I would lose my mind
[Chorus]
A
Oh Santa Maria, you saved my life
E
Oh Santa Maria
D
Tonight I shall be home
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
A D
Santa Maria, I know I chose the life of a sailor
E
But if I'd known of what was to come
A E
I'd have stayed at home with my son
A D
Santa Maria, please accept mt thanks an my prayers
E
It's after you the ship gots it's name
A
You bought me through the storm and the rain
[Pre-Chorus]
F# C#
Three years I've been away
D
Looking for the dream
B
I thought I'd find
F# C#
With heartaches every day
D
And at night I thought
B
that I would lose my mind
[Chorus]
A
Oh Santa Maria, you saved my life
E
Oh Santa Maria
D
Tonight I shall be home
(key change)
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
B E
Santa Maria, see the land, how it's getting nearer
F#
I believe the day wouldn't come
B F#
when again I'd see my wife and my son
B E
Santa Maria, please accept mt thanks an my prayers
F#
It's after you the ship gots it's name
B
You bought me through the storm and the rain
[Outro]
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[Intro]
| A | % | D | % |
| A | % | D | % |
[Verse 1]
A D
Santa Maria, take me home without any fears
E
I have been away for too long
A E
Fill yourselves and carry me home
A D
Santa Maria, see the land, how it's getting nearer
E
I believe the day wouldn't come
A
when again I'd see my wife and my son
[Pre-Chorus]
F# C#
Three years I've been away
D
Looking for the dream
B
I thought I'd find
F# C#
With heartaches every day
D
And at night I thought
B
that I would lose my mind
[Chorus]
A
Oh Santa Maria, you saved my life
E
Oh Santa Maria
D
Tonight I shall be home
[Interlude]
| A | % | D | % |
[Verse 2]
A D
Santa Maria, I know I chose the life of a sailor
E
But if I'd known of what was to come
A E
I'd have stayed at home with my son
A D
Santa Maria, please accept mt thanks an my prayers
E
It's after you the ship gots it's name
A
You bought me through the storm and the rain
[Pre-Chorus]
F# C#
Three years I've been away
D
Looking for the dream
B
I thought I'd find
F# C#
With heartaches every day
D
And at night I thought
B
that I would lose my mind
[Chorus]
A
Oh Santa Maria, you saved my life
E
Oh Santa Maria
D
Tonight I shall be home
(key change)
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
B E
Santa Maria, see the land, how it's getting nearer
F#
I believe the day wouldn't come
B F#
when again I'd see my wife and my son
B E
Santa Maria, please accept mt thanks an my prayers
F#
It's after you the ship gots it's name
B
You bought me through the storm and the rain
[Outro]
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