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Boats To Build by Jerry Jeff Walker
Boats To Build
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
C F
C F
C F
[Verse]
C F C F
It's time, time for a change
C F C F
Cuz I'm tired, of that same old same
Dm Em
same old words, same old lines,
F G
same old tricks and the same old rhymes
[Verse]
C F C F
Days, precious days
C F C F
They roll in and out, just like waves
Dm Em
Got boards to bend, planks to nail
F G
Charts to make, and I got seas to sail
[Chorus]
F G
So I'll build me a boat with these two hands
C C/B F
It'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
Dm G
Let the chips fall where they will
C F C F
Cause I've got me boats to build
[Verse]
C F C F
Sails, are just like wings
C F C F
When the wind blows, how it makes them sing
Dm Em
Songs of life, Songs of hope,
F G
Songs to keep all your dreams afloat
[Chorus]
F G
So I'll build me a boat with these two hands
C C/B F
It'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
Dm G
Let the chips fall where they will
C F C F
Cause I've got me boats to build
[Verse]
C F C F
Shores, distant shores
C F C F
That's a place, I'll be headed for
Dm Em
Stars at night, to guide my way,
F G
As I sail into the light of day
[Chorus]
F G
Then I'll build me a boat with these two hands
C C/B F
It'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
Dm G
Let the chips fall where they will
C F
(yeah!) I've got me boats to build
C F
Yeah, I've got me dreams to fill
C F
Yeah, I've got more boats to build
C F
Let the winds take me where they will
[Outro]
C F
C F
C F
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version 2
Capo:no capo
C F
It's time for a change
C F
I'm tired of that same old same
G
the same old words
Am Bb G
the same old lines the same old tricks and the same old rhymes
C F C F
Days precious days roll in and out like waves
G Am
I got boards to bend I got planks to nail
Bb G
I got charts to make I got seas to sail
F G
I'm gonna build me a boat with these two hands
C C/B F
It'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
Dm G
let the chips fall where they will cause
C G Am F C G C
I've got boats to build
C F
Sails are just like wings
C F G
The wind can make em sing songs of life
Am Bb G
Songs of hope songs to keep your dreams afloat
F G
I'm gonna build me a boat with these two hands
C C/B F
It'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
Dm G
Let the chips fall where they will cause
C G Am F C G C
I've got boats to build
C F
Shores distant shores
C
There's where
F
I'm headed for
G Am
Got the stars to guide my way
Bb G
sail into the light of day
F G
I'm gonna build me a boat with these two hands
C C/B F
It'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
Dm G
let the chips fall where they will cause
C G Am F C G C
I've got boats to build
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