Tom: E Intro: |-----|~~~~~~------------|--------------|--------------|-------------- -|------| |-----|------------------|-0------------|-----------0--|-------------- -|------| |----0|4-----2>4>2-0---5-|----0---------|--------0-----|-2-------2---- -|------| |---2-|------------------|--------2>0-2-|-----2--------|------------4- -|------| |--2--|------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------- -|------| |-0---|------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------- -|------| E7 I am Jeremiah Dixon, I am a Geordie boy G E7 C A glass of wine with you, sir, and the ladies I´ll enjoy D G C E7 G A7 All Durham and Northumberland is measured up by my own hand E7 G C E7 C D lt was my fate from birth to make my mark upon the earth E7 He calls me Charlie Mason, a stargazer am I G E7 C lt seems that I was born to chart the evening sky D G C E7 G E7 They'd cut me out for baking bread but I had other dreams instead E7 G C E7 C D This baker's boys from the west country would join th e Royal Sociaty G D G D C E7 C D We are sailing to Philadelphia, a world away from the coaly Tyne G D G D C E7 D C D G Sailing to Philadelphia to draw the line, the Mason-Dixon Line E7 G E7 D E7 Now you´re a good surveyor, Dixon, but I swear you´ll make me mad G E7 C The West will kill us both, you gullible Geordie lad D G C E7 G A7 You talk of liberty, how can America be free E7 G C E7 C D A Geordie and a baker's boy in the forests of the Iroquois E7 Now hold your head up, Mason, see America lies there G E7 C The morning tide has raised the capes of Delaware D G C E7 G A7 Come up and feel the sun, a new morning has begun E7 G C E7 C D Another day will make it clear why your stars should guide us here G D G D C E7 C D We are sailing to Philadelphia, a worid away from the coaly Tyne G D G D C E7 D Sailing to Philadelphia to draw the line, C D C D G E7 G E7 D the Mason-Dixon Line, the Mason-Dixon Line E7 G E7 C D G C E7 G A7 E7 G C E7 C D G D G D C E7 C D G D G D C E7 D C D G E7 G E7 D fade out