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Boatman - James Taylor Chords

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D(9)

Hearts were exploding around us as

D/F# G(9)

we drifted south down the bay.

Bm7 E7sus E7

The gray up above and gray down below

Em7 D/F# A7susA7

left us with nothing to say.

D(9)

So we drifted along in silence

D/F# G(9)

till the tickle of life trickled in.

Bm7 E7sus E7

And the rhythm began in the hiss of the sand,

Em7 D/F# A7susA

we were catching fire again.

G/D D G D

Oh boatman, I am the river,

G/D D A7susA D

I am the mountain and the sea.

G/DD G D A/C#

Oh boatman, taker and giver,

Bm7 E7 Em7D/F#G(9)

Can you deliver me?

G(9) A D G/DD

I would forever run free.

D(9)

Yeah, we finally caught up with legends,

D/F# G(9)

we were walking along side by side.

Bm7 E7sus E7

We worked out a plan to go out hand in hand,

Em7 D/F# A7sus A7

the long trail just wasn't that wide.

D(9)

The water around us was freezing,

D(9) D/F# G(9)

we just laughed and threw ourselves in.

Bm7 E7sus E7

And although we were old, the sting of that cold

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