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Leaky Little Boat by Roger Clyne
Leaky Little Boat
KEY:
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| H hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| - Let ring
CHORDS USED:
A |-0222-
D |--0232
E |0221--
F#m |244222
The Song can also be played with a capo I believe it's capoed at the 2nd fret. They
it in the DVD. But I just tabbed it uncapoed here.
INTRO:
A D E
I awake from a long, deep sleep
A D E
In a leaky little boat on a wide blue sea
F#m D E
I spy no island, rock or shore
A D E
And the sea, she’s a-comin’ to me through a hole in the floor
D A E
And the tide come in and the tide go out
D A E
And the waves they come toss my little boat about
F#m D E
And the sky turn black and the sky turn blue
A D E
I got no pail, no sail, no anchor, too
-
Just a leaky little boat
| A A D E | A A D
|
This is the same as the first part of the verses. It is strummed up-down-up on the A's
D's. E can be just one stroke.
This fill is played over these chords and comes up more throughout the song with variations.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------2-------|
D|---------------0-2-4-2-0---0------------------0-2-4-2-0-------------|
A|--0--2--4-0-4------------4---0---0--2--4-0-4--------------0---------|
E|-4------------------------------4-----------------------------------|
VERSE: | A A D E | A A D
| F#m F#m D E | A A D
|
The verse is strummed the same way as the above part. Up-down-up on the A's, D's, and
one strum on the E's.
And as I wake I look around
I have no notion where I’m bound
So many different colored boats I see
Are all leaky, lonely and driftin’
Just like me
Chorus:
D A E
And the tide come in and the tide go out
D A E
And the waves they come toss my little boat about
F#m D E
And the sky turn black and the sky turn blue
A D E
I got no pail, no sail, no anchor, too
-
Just a leaky little boat
F#m D E
I spy no island rock or shore
F#m D E
I spy no island rock or shore
F#m D
I spy no island shore
E
And the sea keeps a-comin’ to me through a hole in the floor
-
Of my leaky little boat
Bridge:
A D E
Alone, adrift, together are we
A D E
Slowly sinkin’ in a deep blue sea
F#m
But we smile and we wave
D E
And we say, “I’m afraid…and I love you…and here we go…”
D A E
And the tide come in and the tide go out
D A E
And the waves they come toss my little boat about
F#m D E
And the sky turn black and the sky turn blue
A D E
I got no pail, no sail, no anchor, too
-
Just a leaky little boat
| A A D E | A A D E | F#m F#m D E | A A D E----|
At the end the music stops then there is just a rhythmic tap on the dummer's high hat
a few seconds. Then the guitar comes in with something like this:
| E A D A D | Repeated several times
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version 2
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------2-------|
D|---------------0-2-4-2-0---0------------------0-2-4-2-0-------------|
A|--0--2--4-0-4------------4---0---0--2--4-0-4--------------0---------|
E|-4------------------------------4-----------------------------------|
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