Boats Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Am][G][C][G][Am][G][C][G]
Ol' [Am]Joe's [D]got a Bo

[Verse 1]
[G]
ston [C]whaler
[G]He bought in [Am]Key[D][G]
[C]Bis[G]cane
[Am]He swears since the [G]day he's got [C]her
She's [G]been nothing [Am]but
[D]a p[G]ain[C]
When the sun[Am]'s at his ba[Em]ck
And [Am]the winds in his face
[D]It's just him and the wheel
[Am]He wouldn't take a million for the
[D]Way it makes him feel

[Verse 2]
Boat[G]s[C]
Vessels [G]of freedom[C]
Harbors of [G]heel[D]ing
Boat[C]s

[Verse 3]
[G]
[Am]Newport is where [D]John [G]hung his hat[C]
[G]'Til he lost his[Am] wif[D]e Jo[G][C]
[G]Now forty fee[Am]t of sai[D]l ant[G]iqu[C]e
[G]Is where ol' Joh[Am]n calls hom[G]e[C][Am]
He watched his life pass before his eyes
In [D]the middle of a hurricane
Came [Am]out alive on the other side
That's where [D]the other
side got its name

[Verse 4]
[G]Boats[C]
Vessels [G]of freedom[C]
Harbors of [G]heel[D]ing
Boats
[C]

[Interlude 1]
[Am][Em][Am][Em][C][D]

[Verse 5]
[G]Twenty
[Am]years [D]of a land[G]locked [C]job
[G]Was all tha[D]t tom cou[G]ld take?[C]
[G]Sitting at [Am]his desk [D]alone [G]and depressed
[C]Say[G]s this just cant be
[Am]my f[D]ate[G][C][Am]
Went home that night and told his wife
[D]You can tell all of your friends
[Am]It's been real but it ain't been fun
[D]Gonna get us one of them

[Verse 6]
[G]Boats[C]
Vessels [G]of freedom[C]
Harbors of [G]heel[D]ing
Boats
[C]

[Verse 7]
Vessels [G]of freedom
[D]Boats

[Outro 1]
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