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Red Sails In The Sunset

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The Platters were a successful black vocal group of the early rock n roll era. Their distinctive sound was a bridge between the pre-rock n roll Tin Pan Alley tradition of the Ink Spots and the Mills Brothers and the explosion of teenage music in the mid 1950s. The most successful incarnation of the group comprised lead tenor Tony Williams, David Lynch, Paul Robi, Herb Reed, and Zola Taylor.

The Platters formed in Los Angeles, CA, USA in 1953 and were initially managed by Ralph Bass.

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Red Sails In The Sunset

Words & Music by Jimmy Kennedy & Hugh Williams, 1935
Recorded by The Platters, 1960 (#36)

D DM7 D7 G Gm7 D Cdim A
Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea,

Bm7-5 A Em7 A Em7 D E7-5 A7
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me.

D DM7 D7 G Gm7 D Cdim A
She sailed at the dawning, all day I've been blue;

Bm7-5 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 A7sus4 A7 D DM7
Make straight for the shore.

G G/F# D Bm7
We marry tomorrow,

Em7 E7 A7 A7+5
And she goes sailing no more.

D DM7 D7 G Gm7 D Cdim A
Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea,

Bm7-5 A7 Em7 A7 Em7 D
Oh carry my loved one home safely to me.