The Commodores foi uma banda de soul e funk dos EUA, liderada por Lionel Richie até 1983. Destacam-se músicas como para "Still", "Machine Gun", "Easy" e "Three Times A Lady". Em 1968 os colegas de escola Milan Williams, Ronald LaPread, Willian King Jr.,Thomas McClary e Walter Clyde Orange juntam-se a Lionel Ritchie e formam os “The Commodores”. Logo no início da carreira, a banda participou de uma audição onde foram escolhidos para abrir a turnê do grupo formado pelos irmãos de Michael Jackson, os Jackson 5.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
...SAIL ON... by The Commodores -------------..................
*from 'Midnight Magic' (1979)*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: C#)
Intro:
C, Dm, C
Verse 1:
CDm Sail on down the line, about a, half a mile or so. C Don't really wanna know, where you're going. CDm Maybe once or twice you see, time after time I tried, CF/AC/G To hold on to what we got, but now you're going.
Chorus 1:
Fmaj7G7CC/BAm7C7 And I don't mind, about the things you're gonna sail on, Fmaj7G7CC/BAm7, C7 I give all my money and my time. Fmaj7G7CC/BAm7Cmaj7/GFmaj7Dm7 I know it's a shame, but I'm giving you back your name, yeah, yeah.
Bridge 1:
FEm7Dm7FEm7Dm7 Yes, I'll be on my way, I won't be back to stay. FEm7Dm7CG I guess I'll move a-long, I'm looking for a good... time.
Interlude:
C, Dm, C
Verse 2:
CDm Sail on down the line, it's, funny how the time can go, C Friends says they told me so, but it, doesn't matter. CDm It was plain to see, that a, small town boy like me, C Just wasn't your cup of tea, I was, wishful thinking.
Chorus 2:
Fmaj7G7CC/BAm7C7 I gave you my heart, and I tried to make you happy, Fmaj7G7CC/BAm7 And you gave me nothing in re-turn. C7Fmaj7G7 You know it ain't so hard to say; CC/BAm7Cmaj7/GFmaj7Dm7 Would you please just go a-way?... yeah, yeah.
Bridge 2:
FEm7Dm7FEm7Dm7 I've thrown a-way the blues, I'm tired of being used. FEm7Dm7 I want every-one to know; CGBbFG I'm looking for a good... time. Good time...
Coda:
Fmaj7Em7 Sail on, honey, Fmaj7Em7Dm7Dm7/G Good times, never felt so good.
Fmaj7Em7 Sail on, honey, Fmaj7Em7Dm7 Good times, never felt so good.