Red Sails In The Sunset Chords

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Red Sails In The Sunset by Dean Martin is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, D7M, D7, G, Gm7, Cdim, A, Bm5-/7, Em7, E5-/7, A7, Gdim, G/F#, A4/7, Bm7, E7 and A7/13-. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
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D   D7M            D7   G       Gm7         D  Cdim A 
Red sails in the sunset,    way out on the sea 
     Bm5-/7     A       Em7 A       Em7        D  E5-/7 A7 
Oh, carry my loved one        home safely to me 
D   D7M            D7      G     Gm7             D  Cdim A 
She sailed at the dawning,   all day I've been blue; 
      Bm5-/7       A    Em7 A7      Em7         D   Gdim D 
Red sails in the sunset,      I'm trusting in you 

Bridge 

G      G/F#            D 
Swift wings you must borrow 
A7    A4/7      A7        D   D7M G 
Make straight for the shore 
     G/F#	   D       Bm7 
We marry tomorrow 
     Em7       E7        A7  A7/13- 
And she goes sailing no more 
D  D7M            D7    G       Gm7	      D  Cdim A 
Red sails in the sunset,   way out on the sea 
    Bm5-/7    A7	     Em7  A7       Em7     D	 
Oh carry my loved one        home safely to me 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante