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Boatman - James Taylor Chords

Chords: D/F#, G, Bm7, E7, Em7, A7, A, G/D, D, A/C#

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D(9)

Hearts were exploding around us as
D/F# G
we drifted south down the bay.
Bm7 E7 E7
The gray up above and gray down below
Em7 D/F# A7 A7
left us with nothing to say.

D(9)

So we drifted along in silence
D/F# G
till the tickle of life trickled in.
Bm7 E7 E7
And the rhythm began in the hiss of the sand,
Em7 D/F# A7 A
we were catching fire again.
G/D D G D
Oh boatman, I am the river,
G/D D A7 A D
I am the mountain and the sea.
G/D D G D A/C#
Oh boatman, taker and giver,
Bm7 E7 Em7 D/F# G
Can you deliver me?
G A D G/D D
I would forever run free.

D(9)

Yeah, we finally caught up with legends,
D/F# G
we were walking along side by side.
Bm7 E7 E7
We worked out a plan to go out hand in hand,
Em7 D/F# A7 A7
the long trail just wasn't that wide.

D(9)

The water around us was freezing,
D D/F# G
we just laughed and threw ourselves in.
Bm7 E7 E7
And although we were old, the sting of that cold
Em7 D/F# A7 A
pumped up the feeling, here it is again.
G/D D G D
Oh boatman, I am the river,
G/D D A7 A D
I am the mountain and the sea.
G/D D G D A/C#
Oh boatman, taker and giver,
Bm7 E7 Em7 D/F# G
Can you deliver me?
G A D G/D D
I would forever run free.
A B7 E A
Oh, I'm a message in a bottle
A B7 E A/E E
drifting along on a deep blue sea.
A B E A
Waiting for some foreign shore,
A B/E A
ready for something to be.

D(9)

No longer afraid of falling,
D/F# G
we cut the strings to the sky.
Bm7 E7 E7
We found lever ground and we put ourselves down,
Em7 D/F# A7 A7
amazing we all didn't die.

D(9)

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