Sail Away To The Sea - Sandy Denny/Strawbs (cover)

[H9MD43]

Actually capoed up to A, as I hear it.

[LiteGauge]

@H9MD43 Yes, you're right. I play it in Open G (DGDGBD) tuning with the capo on the 2nd fret, which puts it in the key of A. The original is in the key of G however. I don't actually play it as per the original. I've mixed the 2 guitar parts, for fun, playing the melody on the first 2 lines "The hands on the clock keep turning round/ They point to the time of the day". For the last 2 lines, I go down rather than up following the harmony part which is sung and, I assume, played by Dave Cousins.

[seahag1967]

Fabulous fluid fret work fellows!

[zepelindeplomo]

Sorry man, how old are you.

I´m trying to play this song, but it's difficult and i think you're great. Can you play "how everyone but Sam was a hypocrite" please?

Hi, from Mexico.

(sorry for my english it's basic)

[zepelindeplomo]

Well done, very nice man.

What's the tunning?

[LiteGauge]

@zepelindeplomo Cheers, it's in Open G (DGDGBD bass to top)

[folkmusicgirl]

Wow! You have done a lot of justice in covering this song. Really good work!

Nice vocals!!

[LiteGauge]

@folkmusicgirl Thanks very much :o)

[haro1951]

lovely

[oplbgtfdesv654bvtgrf]

Absolutey class fella, always wanted to know how to play this ( cany read tabs lol )

[LiteGauge]

Thanks for the visit! You've got a great channel :)

[shkeni]

Would love to do a duet on this song :)

[lsdmadman]

thanky for all you do....gonna try to suss this out..

[glassandrea]

this is brilliant.

thank you

x

[DuketheDrug]

Thank you for your effort. It's a great song. The Strawbs and Sandy Denny are awesome!

[LiteGauge]

Thanks very much :)

[Glinteye]

is this a standard (g) tuning mate..?

[LiteGauge]

It's in Open G (DGDGBD), tho' I may well have tuned everything down a semi-tone.

[Glinteye]

reminds me of the rolling stones factory girl

[Rexygrek]

This is really good. I'd only heard of Sandy Denny bc of "Who Knows Where The Time Goes" but I'm so glad that I happened onto this song that you make sound so good. I've listened to this at least 10 times in the past few days. Haven't heard the original Sandy Denny/Strawbs version yet to see how it differs from your cover bc I can't find it here on YouTube. Can s/o please post that,too? LiteGauge, thanks for doing what you do and sharing it with the rest of us.

[LiteGauge]

Thanks very much :) I'll look and see if I can find some pictures to go with the original.

[Apuleius23]

nice work, thats really good. nice looking fretboard too, cheers.

[foreilly1958]

Nice cover to a wonderful work by a tremendous artist who was taken from us far too soon.

Best regards,

Francis J. O'Reilly

[LiteGauge]

Thanks very much, Francis.

Best regards

John

[joeffrancisco]

We miss Sandy Denny, and love her rendition of this song, but she didn't write it (as bahoodore pointed out). Namaste to both Sandy Denny and Dave Cousins, and thanks to LiteGauge for the excellent cover.

[nannerbj]

Hi Litegauge, I was just looking up Sandy Denny songs and hit your video by mistake . Have to be honest I said to myself " Damn I hit on a cover " but it turned out to be a nice surprise . Nice job , great guitar playing .

[LiteGauge]

Thanks :)

[bahoodore]

dude...you sing it just fine...and it was written by Dave Cousins....I sat in bar in New York with him many years ago...he sang during his set too...its a beauty...well done!!

[LiteGauge]

Thanks, a great song-writer, Mr Cousins!

[VRZABBIA]

Great Job with a Great Song..Greetings from New York, USA

[cadenmccann]

Sounds so nice. What tuning are you in?

[LiteGauge]

Thanks, it's in Open G (DGDGBD)

[clarabell271980]

the music is good but you need a female to sing it!

[LiteGauge]

I agree to a certain extent, but mainly because Sandy Denny sang it. I'm not sure if this was written by Sandy or Dave Cousins. From the lyrics it can easily be sung by a man.