Boats Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

  G Am7 [B/D] C

[d-u-d] [u-u-d] [u-u-d] [u-u-d-u]

(Verse 1)

G Am7 [B/D] C

Ol' Joe's got a Boston whaler

G Am7 [B/D] C

he bought in Key Biscane

G Am7 [B/D] C

He swears since the day he's got her

G Am7 [B/D] C

she's been nothing but a pain

 when the Amsun's at his back

 and the Amwinds in his face

Dit's just him and the wheel

Amhe wouldn't take a million for the

Dway it makes him feel

(Chorus)

GbCoats

GvCessels of freedom

Gharbors of heaDl-ing

Cboats

(Verse 2 - same chords and strumming as beginning here)

Newport is where John hung his hat

til he lost his wife Jo

now forty feet of sail antique

is where Ol' John calls home

Amhe watched his life pass before his eyes

 in the Dmiddle of a hurricane

Amcame out alive on the other side

 that's where "the Dother side" got its name

(Repeat Chorus)

(solo)

(Verse 3 - same chords and strumming as beginning here)

Twenty years of a landlocked job

was all that tom could take

sitting at his desk

all alone and depressed

says this just cant be my fate

Amwent home that night and told his wife

Dyou can tell all your friends

Amit's been real but it ain't been fun

Dgonna get us one of them

(Repeat Chorus)

Ending

Gvessels of freeDd-om

Cboats